Nick Hornby

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columnist essayist human novelist screenwriter

Nick Hornby is an English author, essayist, and screenwriter best known for his novels "High Fidelity," "About a Boy," and "Fever Pitch," many of which have been adapted into successful films.

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Label Occurrences
Nick Hornby canonical 36
Nicholas Peter John Hornby 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf columnist ⓘ
essayist ⓘ
human ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
awardReceived Evening Standard British Film Awards ⓘ
surface form: Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Screenplay
basedOnHisWork About a Boy ⓘ
surface form: About a Boy (2002 film)

About a Boy ⓘ
surface form: About a Boy (TV series)

Fever Pitch ⓘ
surface form: Fever Pitch (1997 film)

Fever Pitch ⓘ
surface form: Fever Pitch (2005 film)

High Fidelity ⓘ
surface form: High Fidelity (2000 film)

High Fidelity (Broadway musical) ⓘ
birthName Nick Hornby self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Nicholas Peter John Hornby
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1957-04-17 ⓘ
educatedAt Cambridge University ⓘ
Jesus College, Cambridge ⓘ
genre autobiographical writing ⓘ
contemporary fiction ⓘ
humour ⓘ
hasChild Danny Hornby ⓘ
influencedBy literature about music and football ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
name Nick Hornby self-link ⓘ
nationality English ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
notableFor writing about football fandom ⓘ
writing about music fandom ⓘ
notableWork A Long Way Down ⓘ
About a Boy ⓘ
Fever Pitch ⓘ
Funny Girl ⓘ
High Fidelity ⓘ
How to Be Good ⓘ
Juliet, Naked ⓘ
Slam ⓘ
State of the Union ⓘ
Ten Years in the Tub ⓘ
occupation author ⓘ
critic ⓘ
essayist ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth Redhill ⓘ
surface form: Redhill, Surrey, England
residence London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
screenwriterOf A Long Way Down (film adaptation) ⓘ
An Education ⓘ
Brooklyn ⓘ
Juliet, Naked (film adaptation) ⓘ
Wild ⓘ
spouse Virginia Bovell ⓘ
supporterOf Arsenal F.C. ⓘ
wrote 31 Songs ⓘ
A Long Way Down ⓘ
About a Boy ⓘ
Fever Pitch ⓘ
Funny Girl ⓘ
High Fidelity ⓘ
Housekeeping vs. The Dirt ⓘ
How to Be Good ⓘ
Juliet, Naked ⓘ
Shakespeare Wrote for Money ⓘ
Slam ⓘ
Songbook ⓘ
State of the Union ⓘ
Ten Years in the Tub ⓘ
The Polysyllabic Spree ⓘ

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Nick Hornby → name → Nick Hornby self-link ⓘ
Nick Hornby → birthName → Nick Hornby self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nicholas Peter John Hornby
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Fever Pitch → basedOnWorkBy → Nick Hornby ⓘ
subject surface form: Fever Pitch (2005 film)
Ben Folds → hasCollaboratedWith → Nick Hornby ⓘ
High Fidelity → author → Nick Hornby ⓘ
subject surface form: High Fidelity (novel)
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How to Be Good → author → Nick Hornby ⓘ
A Long Way Down → author → Nick Hornby ⓘ
Juliet, Naked → author → Nick Hornby ⓘ
Slam → author → Nick Hornby ⓘ
Funny Girl → author → Nick Hornby ⓘ
Ten Years in the Tub → author → Nick Hornby ⓘ
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Songbook → author → Nick Hornby ⓘ
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31 Songs → author → Nick Hornby ⓘ
The Polysyllabic Spree → author → Nick Hornby ⓘ
The Polysyllabic Spree → about → Nick Hornby ⓘ
The Polysyllabic Spree → workOf → Nick Hornby ⓘ
Housekeeping vs. The Dirt → author → Nick Hornby ⓘ
Housekeeping vs. The Dirt → workOf → Nick Hornby ⓘ
An Education → screenwriter → Nick Hornby ⓘ
A Long Way Down (film adaptation) → authorOfSourceWork → Nick Hornby ⓘ
subject surface form: A Long Way Down (film)
Juliet, Naked (film adaptation) → authorOfSourceWork → Nick Hornby ⓘ
subject surface form: Juliet, Naked
Juliet, Naked (film adaptation) → adaptationOfWorkBy → Nick Hornby ⓘ
subject surface form: Juliet, Naked
High Fidelity (Broadway musical) → basedOnWorkAuthor → Nick Hornby ⓘ
subject surface form: High Fidelity
Danny Hornby → father → Nick Hornby ⓘ
Virginia Bovell → spouse → Nick Hornby ⓘ
Marcus Brewer → creator → Nick Hornby ⓘ