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.

Sean Baker has won the original screenplay Oscar for “Anora,” a comedy-drama about a sex worker who marries the son of a Russian oligarch.

British playwright Peter Straughan clinched the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for 'Conclave,' a gripping papal thriller. The story follows Cardinal Lawrence, embroiled in a Vatican conspiracy. 'Conclave' features actors like Ralph Fiennes and John Lithgow,

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

As long predicted, writer Peter Straughan earned the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar for the Focus Features release directed by Edward Berger, adapted from a Robert Harris novel.

Conclave” author Robert Harris isn’t planning to stay up and watch the Oscars. The British writer will be in a different time zone. Plus, Harris would rather wait to see how the movie, which is up for eight Academy Awards including Best Picture.