Helen Fielding

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Helen Fielding (2009)

Helen Fielding (born February 19, 1958 in Morley , West Yorkshire ) is a British author and journalist .

life and career

Fielding studied English at St Anne's College , Oxford and began working as a reporter for the BBC in 1979 . She has been involved with Comic Relief since 1985 and wrote and produced documentaries about Africa, among other things. In 1989 she researched the Thames TV documentary Where Hunger is a Weapon about the rebel war in South Sudan. Her experiences formed the basis for her first novel Cause Celeb , published in 1994 , which was published in Germany in 2000 under the title Hummer zum Dinner .

From 1990 to 1999 Fielding worked as a journalist and columnist for various London newspapers, including the Sunday Times , The Independent and The Daily Telegraph . From 1995 her columns on Bridget Jones appeared in the Independent , which became an international success as novels in 1996 and 1999. Bridget Jones - Chocolate for Breakfast and Bridget Jones - On the Edge of Madness were also filmed in 2001 and 2004. In 2001, the humorous "life guide " Bridget Jones's Guide to Life , written by Helen Fielding from the point of view of Bridget Jones, appeared in favor of Comic Relief . She has also published a short story in Nick Hornby's short story book Speaking with the Angel and another in the Ox-tales short story collection for Oxfam's benefit .

Fielding was in a relationship with Simpsons writer Kevin Curran from 1999 to 2009 and had their first son in February 2004, followed by a daughter in 2006. In 2003, she loaned her marked alter ego in the 13th episode ( A Star is Born-Again ) the 14th Simpsons season her voice. Fielding lives in London and Los Angeles.

Awards (selection)

Works

Novels
  • Lobster for dinner . Goldmann 2000. Translated from the English by Anne Pollmann. ISBN 3-442-54508-0 (Original: Cause Celeb , 1994)
  • The secrets of Olivia Joules . Goldmann 2004. Translated from the English by Marcus Ingendaay . ISBN 3-442-31080-6 (Original: Olivia Joules and the overactive imagination , 2004)
Volumes about Bridget Jones
  • Bridget Jones - Chocolate for Breakfast . Goldmann 1999 (Original: Bridget Jones's Diary, 1996)
  • Bridget Jones's Guide to Life . Macmillan 2001
  • Bridget Jones - On the verge of madness . Goldmann 2002 (Original: Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, 1999)
  • Bridget Jones - Crazy About Him . Goldmann 2014 (Original: Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy . London 2013)
  • Bridget Jones's baby . Goldmann 2016 (Original: Bridget Jones's Baby: The Diaries (Bridget Jones's Diary), 2016)
Anthologies
  • Nick Hornby (Ed.): Speaking with the Angel . Droemer Knaur 2002
  • Oxfam (Ed.): Ox-tales . Oxfam 2009

Film adaptations

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Bridget Jones effect: how life has changed for the single woman , The Guardian, December 20, 2013, accessed December 20, 2013
  2. ↑ See femalefirst.co.uk
  3. Jump up ↑ Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy by Helen Fielding - review , Justine Jordan in The Guardian, October 7, 2013, accessed December 20, 2013
personal data
SURNAME Fielding, Helen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British author and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH 19th February 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Morley , West Yorkshire , England, United Kingdom