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====Adaptations==== Numerous Lambda Award-winning works have been adapted for film and television: * [[Allan Bérubé]]'s [[1990 in literature|1990]] book ''Coming Out Under Fire'', which won the [[3rd Lambda Literary Awards|1991]] Gay Non-Fiction Award, was adapted into a [[1994 in film|1994]] [[Coming Out Under Fire|documentary film]]. * [[Tony Kushner]]'s 1993 play ''[[Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes|Angels in America]]'', which won both the [[6th Lambda Literary Awards|1994]] and [[7th Lambda Literary Awards|1995]] Drama Award, was adapted into a [[2003 in television|2003]] [[HBO]] [[Angels in America (miniseries)|miniseries]], starring [[Al Pacino]] and [[Meryl Streep]] and directed by [[Mike Nichols]]. * [[Abraham Verghese]]'s [[1994 in literature|1994]] book ''[[My Own Country]]'', which won the [[7th Lambda Literary Awards|1995]] Gay Biography Award, was adapted into a [[1998 in television|1998]] television movie. * [[John Berendt]]'s [[1994 in literature|1994]] novel ''[[Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil]]'', which won the [[7th Lambda Literary Awards|1995]] Gay Mystery Award, was adapted into a [[1997 in film|1997]] [[Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (film)|film]], starring [[Kevin Spacey]] and [[John Cusack]] and directed by [[Clint Eastwood]]. * Erica Fischer's [[1995 in literature|1995]] book ''Aimée & Jaguar'', which won the [[8th Lambda Literary Awards|1996]] Lesbian Biography Award, was adapted into a [[1999 in film|1999]] [[Aimée & Jaguar|film]], starring [[Maria Schrader]] and [[Juliane Köhler]] and directed by [[Max Färberböck]]. * [[Dorothy Allison]]'s [[1998 in literature|1998]] novel ''[[Cavedweller]]'', which won the [[11th Lambda Literary Awards|1999]] [[Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction|Lesbian Fiction Award]], was adapted into a [[2004 in film|2004]] [[Cavedweller (film)|film]], starring [[Kyra Sedgwick]] and [[Aidan Quinn]] and directed by [[Lisa Cholodenko]]. * [[Sarah Waters]]'s [[1998 in literature|1998]] novel ''[[Tipping the Velvet]]'', which won the [[12th Lambda Literary Awards|2000]] [[Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction|Lesbian Fiction Award]], was adapted into a three-part [[2002 in television|2002]] [[BBC]] [[Tipping the Velvet (TV series)|miniseries]], starring [[Rachael Stirling]] and [[Keeley Hawes]] and directed by [[Geoffrey Sax]]. * [[John Cameron Mitchell]] and [[Stephen Trask]]'s 1998 play ''[[Hedwig and the Angry Inch (musical)|Hedwig and the Angry Inch]]'', which won the [[13th Lambda Literary Awards|2001]] Drama Award, was adapted into a [[2001 in film|2001]] [[Hedwig and the Angry Inch (film)|film]], starring Mitchell and Trask and directed by Mitchell. * [[Michelle Tea]]'s [[2000 in literature|2000]] novel ''[[Valencia (novel)|Valencia]]'', which won the [[13th Lambda Literary Awards|2001]], was adapted into a [[2011 in film|2011]] [[arthouse film]]. * [[David Ebershoff]]'s [[2000 in literature|2000]] book ''[[The Danish Girl]]'', which won the [[13th Lambda Literary Awards|2001]] Transgender Award, was adapted into a [[2015 in film|2015]] [[The Danish Girl (film)|film]], starring [[Eddie Redmayne]] and [[Alicia Vikander]] and directed by [[Tom Hooper]]; Vikander subsequently won several awards for her role, including the [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress Oscar]] at the [[88th Academy Awards]], the [[Empire Award for Best Actress|Best Actress Award]] at the [[21st Empire Awards]], the [[Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture|Best Supporting Actress Award]] at the [[20th Satellite Awards]], and the [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role|Supporting Actress Award]] at the [[22nd Screen Actors Guild Awards]]. * [[Sarah Waters]]'s [[2002 in literature|2002]] novel ''[[Fingersmith (novel)|Fingersmith]]'', which won the [[15th Lambda Literary Awards|2003]] [[Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction|Lesbian Fiction Award]], was adapted into a two-part [[2005 in television|2005]] [[Fingersmith (TV serial)|miniseries]], starring [[Sally Hawkins]] and [[Imelda Staunton]] and directed by [[Aisling Walsh]]. * [[Alison Bechdel]]'s 2006 memoir ''[[Fun Home]]'', which won the [[19th Lambda Literary Awards|2007]] Lesbian Memoir Award, was adapted into a 2013 [[Fun Home (musical)|musical play]]. * [[André Aciman]]'s ''[[Call Me by Your Name (novel)|Call Me by Your Name]]'', which won the [[20th Lambda Literary Awards|2008]] Gay Fiction Award, was adapted in a 2017 [[Call Me by Your Name (film)|film]] starring [[Timothée Chalamet]] and [[Armie Hammer]], receiving critical acclaim and over 200 award nominations, including [[Best Picture]], [[Best Actor]], [[Best Adapted Screenplay]] and [[Best Original Song]] at the [[90th Academy Awards]].
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