Inspired by the conclave of 2005, which elected Pope Benedict XVI, the novel was adapted into a screenplay by Peter Straughan, and brought to life by director Edward Berger, starring Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci and Isabella Rossellini.

On the heels of BAFTA, Golden Globe and Critics Choice award wins, Peter Straughan has now won the Oscar for best adapted screenplay for Conclave. This is Straughan’s second Oscar nomination and first win.

Conclave,” based on the 2016 novel of the same name by Robert Harris, nabbed the award for best adapted screenplay. The novel follows the complicated, sometimes underhanded twists and turns of a papal conclave created to elect a new pope after the previous one dies.

British dramatist Peter Straughan on Sunday night bagged the Oscar for best adapted screenplay for his take on Robert Harris's papal thriller Conclave. 'Conclave' follows Cardinal Lawrence (Fiennes),

Peter Straughan wins his first Oscar for Conclave, earning Best Adapted Screenplay and praising Robert Harris for his compelling novel on Vatican power struggles., Features News - Times Now