British Book Awards (The Nibbies)
1 appearances
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Edition 21 (2010) Winner
David Nicholls
デイヴィッド・ニコルズ
Deividdo Nikoruzu
Aliases:
David Alan Nicholls / David Holdaway
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1966-11-30 （Eastleigh, Hampshire, England）
- Nationality
- United Kingdom, British
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Eastleigh, Hampshire → Highbury, North London
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Screenwriter, Former actor
- Active Years
- 1999-
- Influenced By
- P. J. Kavanagh
- Nominations
- British Academy Television Craft Award Best New Writer (Fiction) for Cold Feet, British Academy Television Award for Best Single Drama for ShakespeaRe-Told: Much Ado About Nothing, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series for Patrick Melrose
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Bristol | Faculty of Arts | Drama and English | BA | 1988 | United Kingdom |
| Barton Peveril College | — | A-levels | — | — | United Kingdom |
| American Musical and Dramatic Academy | — | Acting | — | — | United States |
| Royal Central School of Speech and Drama | — | — | — | — | United Kingdom |
University of Bristol
Faculty of Arts
/ Drama and English
Degree:
BA
Period:
1988
Year of Graduation:
1988
Country:
United Kingdom
BA in drama and English
Barton Peveril College
A-levels
Country:
United Kingdom
A-levels in Drama, English Literature, Physics, Biology
American Musical and Dramatic Academy
Acting
Country:
United States
Trained as an actor
Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
Country:
United Kingdom
Alma materとして記載
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Galaxy Book of the Year Award | One Day | — | British Book Awards | winner |
| 2014 | Specsavers National Book Awards UK Author of the Year | Us | — | British Book Awards | winner |
| 2014 | Man Booker Prize | Us | — | — | longlist |
| 2024 | Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize | You Are Here | — | — | shortlist |
| 2024 | Books Are My Bag Readers' Awards Fiction | You Are Here | Fiction | — | winner |
Galaxy Book of the Year Award
2010
Work:
One Day
Organization:
British Book Awards
Result:
winner
Specsavers National Book Awards UK Author of the Year
2014
Work:
Us
Organization:
British Book Awards
Result:
winner
Man Booker Prize
2014
Work:
Us
Result:
longlist
Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize
2024
Work:
You Are Here
Result:
shortlist
Books Are My Bag Readers' Awards Fiction
2024
Work:
You Are Here
Category:
Fiction
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Exclusive Books Boeke Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 17 (2010) Winner
Works
Major Works
Starter for Ten
2003 Romantic novelFollows a university student's participation in a quiz show and romance
LoveYouthClass
Adaptations
- [Film] Starter for 10 / Tom Vaughan (2006)
One Day
2009 Romantic novelTracks two characters' lives on the same day each year
LoveTimeFriendship
Adaptations
- [Film] One Day / Lone Scherfig (2011)
- [TV series] One Day (2024)
Us
2014 Family novelFamily crisis through a trip
FamilyMidlife crisis
Sweet Sorrow
2019 Coming-of-age novel16-year-old boy's first love
First loveGrowth
You Are Here
2024 Romantic novelMeeting of 38-year-old woman and 42-year-old man
LoveLoneliness
Bibliography
- Starter for Ten (2003)
- The Understudy (2005)
- One Day (2009)
- Us (2014)
- Sweet Sorrow (2019)
- You Are Here (2024)
Adaptations
- One Day (2011 film)
- One Day (2024 Netflix series)
- Starter for 10 (2006 film)
- Far from the Madding Crowd (2015 film)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Witty dialogueDialogue-driven narrative
- Recurring Motifs
- Aspects of loveLife stages
Legacy
Internationally bestselling novelist, especially known for One Day. Also successful screenwriter.
In Popular Culture
- One Day Netflix series topped charts in 89 countries
Trivia
- Used stage name David Holdaway during acting career
- Struggled as actor in his 20s
- P.J. Kavanagh's memoir was a turning point