Nick Hornby

English novelist, screenwriter, essayist, and film producer · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers · Born 1957 · age 69

Nicholas Peter John Hornby is an English writer. He is best known for his memoir Fever Pitch (1992) and novels High Fidelity (1995) and About a Boy (1998), all of which were adapted into feature films. Hornby's work frequently touches upon music, sport, and the aimless and obsessive natures of his protagonists.

Nick Hornby is read about 486 times a day, in 37 languages.

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2012Manuel Vázquez Montalbán Award for Sports JournalismAward2005“But I'd felt as if I'd pissed my life away in the same way that you can piss money away.”In their wordsA Long Way Down (2005)Read the whole statement

“I couldn't get the mood back; it was as if one of the kids had woken up just as Cindy and I were starting to make love.”In their wordsA Long Way Down (2005)Read the whole statement

“I wanted to make my life short, and I was at a party in Toppers' Hose, and the coincidence was too much. It was like a message from God.”In their wordsA Long Way Down (2005)Read the whole statement

2001“And after tea, we play Junior Scrabble. We are the ideal nuclear family. We eat together, we play improving board games instead of watching television, we smile alot.”In their wordsHow to Be Good (2001)Read the whole statement

“What if a sense of humour is like hair - something a lot of man lose as they get older?”In their wordsHow to Be Good (2001)Read the whole statement

1999E. M. Forster AwardAward1996Fellow of the Royal Society of LiteratureAward1995“Where's the superficial? I was, and therefore am, dim, gloomy, a drag, unfashionable, unfanciable, and awkward. This doesn't seem like superficial to me.”In their wordsHigh Fidelity (1995)Read the whole statement

1957Born17 April 1957

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Hornby at a public reading at Central Library in Seattle, 2009

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Self-pity is an ignoble emotion, but we all feel it, and the orthodox critical line that it represents some kind of artistic flaw is dubious, a form of emotional correctness.
2003 · Songbook (2003), Own words

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Awards

Manuel Vázquez Montalbán Award for Sports Journalism2012

E. M. Forster Award1999

Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature1996

British Sports Book Awards

About this person

His books have sold more than 5 million copies worldwide as of 2018. In a 2004 poll for the BBC, Hornby was named the 29th most influential person in British culture. He has received two Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay nominations for An Education (2009), and Brooklyn (2015).

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