British Book Awards (The Nibbies)
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Edition 9 (1998) Winner
Helen Fielding
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Helen Fielding
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1958-02-19 （Morley, West Yorkshire, England）
- Nationality
- British
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Unknown
- Residence History
- Morley (childhood) → London → Los Angeles
Career
- Occupations
- Journalist, Novelist, Screenwriter
- Active Years
- 1979-2025
- Affiliations
- Save the Children, Yorkshire Children’s Charity
- Nominations
- 2002 WGA nomination, Best Screenplay (Bridget Jones's Diary), 2002 BAFTA nomination, Best Screenplay, 2013 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize shortlist, 2013 National Book Award nomination, Popular Fiction
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wakefield Girls' High School | — | General | — | — | United Kingdom |
| St Anne's College, Oxford | Faculty of English | English | BA | 1977-1980 | United Kingdom |
Wakefield Girls' High School
General
Year of Graduation:
1976
Country:
United Kingdom
St Anne's College, Oxford
Faculty of English
/ English
Degree:
BA
Period:
1977-1980
Year of Graduation:
1980
Country:
United Kingdom
Part of Oxford Revue at Edinburgh Festival 1978
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | British Book of the Year | Bridget Jones's Diary | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2002 | Evening Standard Award Best Screenplay | Bridget Jones's Diary | — | Evening Standard | 受賞 |
| 2017 | Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize | Bridget Jones’s Baby: The Diaries | コミック小説部門 | — | 受賞 |
British Book of the Year
1997
Work:
Bridget Jones's Diary
Result:
受賞
Evening Standard Award Best Screenplay
2002
Work:
Bridget Jones's Diary
Organization:
Evening Standard
Result:
受賞
Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize
2017
Work:
Bridget Jones’s Baby: The Diaries
Category:
コミック小説部門
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Bridget Jones's Diary
1996 Chick litDiary of Bridget Jones, a 30-something single woman navigating romance, career, and self-improvement with humor.
Modern women's livesSelf-improvementRomanceHumor
Adaptations
- [Film] Bridget Jones's Diary / Sharon Maguire (2001)
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
1999 Chick litSequel focusing on Bridget's relationship with Mark Darcy.
RomanceDependencyHumor
Adaptations
- [Film] Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason / Beeban Kidron (2004)
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
2013 Chick litBridget as a widow navigating new romances.
LossNew romanceAging
Adaptations
- [Film] Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy / Michael Morris (2025)
Bibliography
- Cause Celeb (1994)
- Bridget Jones's Diary (1996)
- Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (1999)
- Olivia Joules and the Overactive Imagination (2003)
- Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (2013)
- Bridget Jones's Baby: The Diaries (2016)
Adaptations
- Bridget Jones's Diary (2001 film)
- Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004 film)
- Bridget Jones's Baby (2016 film)
- Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (2025 film)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Diary formatHumorousSelf-deprecatingColloquial
- Recurring Motifs
- Single woman's dilemmasDietingAlcoholSmokingRomantic failures
Legacy
Created the global bestseller Bridget Jones series, humorously depicting modern women's real lives, influencing British culture significantly.
In Popular Culture
- Bridget Jones named one of seven women influencing British female culture by BBC Woman's Hour.
Quotes
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Fielding credits the success of Bridget Jones to tapping into the gap between how we all feel we are expected to be and how we really are.
Source: Interview
Trivia
- Grew up in Morley, a textile town in West Yorkshire.
- Father was managing director of a textile factory.
- Performed in Oxford Revue at 1978 Edinburgh Festival.
- Partnered with Simpsons writer Kevin Curran, mother of two.