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He is the first Oscar winning screenwriter, ever, to write a book solely about the craft of screen-writing - Ronald Harwood's Adaptations (2007).

He is the only Oscar winning screenwriter ever to write a book on screenwriting "Ronald Harwood's Adaptations". Most other screenwriting books are written by people who have never even had a film made let alone win awards.

He has just written Ronald Harwood's Adaptations. This is the first book solely on screenwriting by someone who has actually won an Oscar for screenwriting. (December 2007)

He was a first cousin, once removed, of stage actor Antony Sher (he was Antony's mother's first cousin).

His comedy, Quartet performed at the Albery Theatre in 1999, was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 2000 for Best New Comedy.

Was nominated for Broadway's 1982 Tony Award as author of Best Play nominee "The Dresser."

He was awarded the C.B.E. (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1999 Queen's New Years Honors List for his services to literature.

Ranked #90 on the 2008 Telegraph's list "the 100 most powerful people in British culture".

He was awarded the Knight Bachelor of the Order of the British Empire in the 2010 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to drama.

He is based in London, England. (January 2007)

South Kensington, London, England (June 2010)

His play "An English Tragedy" is currently premiering at Watford Palace Theatre, England. (March 2008)

He was the son of Isobel (Pepper) and Isaac Horwitz. He was of Lithuanian Jewish descent.