The award follows previous triumphs at the Baftas, Golden Globes and more
The British dramatist Peter Straughan has won the Oscar for best adapted screenplay for his take on Robert Harris’s papal thriller Conclave.
The writer, 56, has also won the Bafta, Golden Globe and Critics Choice award in this category for Conclave; he was previously Oscar-nominated for his 2011 adaptation of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.
Straughan won the Bafta for that film, which he co-wrote with his late wife, Bridget O’Connor, who died before its release, and to whom it is dedicated.
