Презентация Joan Kate Rowling

Presentation on the topic: «My favorite author»

The life story of the writer JK Rowling is somewhat similar to the tale of Cinderella. Before she opened the world of Harry Potter, she was an ordinary average resident of Albion, with a fairly modest income. Now she is loved and known all over the world, her books are sold in millions of copies. And with all this, she was not struck by the "star" disease. She still rarely attends public events, is not very willing to communicate with journalists, maybe that's why she causes such interest in her personality.

childhood

Joan Kate Rowling was borh 31 July 1965 in conventional family, living in city of Waite(Britain). The girl's father (P. J. Rowling) worked in the firm "Rolls-Royce", mother (J.- Anne Rowling) was a housewife. When Joanna was two years old, her sister, Dianne, was born. In 1969 the family emigrated to Winterbourne.

The childhood of the writer was truly carefree. Numerous photos of a little girl Joanna, posted on the network, confirm this fact. And Rowling herself remembers her childhood always with a smile, as it was filled with fun games with her sister, family comfort and warmth, care of parents. They instilled in the girl a love of literature.

A little-known fact that many researchers overlook concerns the beginning of the work of the modern star: her first story JK Kate Rowling composed at the age of six years, and from that moment she did not cease to create.

In 1974, the Rowling family moved to Tatshill (wells). The change of residence was a real shock for the nine-year-old, because Joanna loved her school friends very much and treasured them.😀

youth/adult life

In 1982, Joan tried to become a student at Oxford University, but failed her exams. But she managed to go to the University of Exeter, and received a bachelor's degree in French and classical Philology.

With a brand-new diploma, she was hired as a Secretary at Amnesty international. In the same year she first time seriously have applied, and together with its favorite man through year is settling in Manchester.

She had once spent four hours on a train from Manchester to London, and he had been detained for some reason. It was there that she first saw in her imagination Harry Potter, the boy with glasses, who a few years later would make her not only famous, but also one of the richest women in Britain.

«HARRY POTTER»

The first popularity came to Joan in 1997, when she released the first part of the novel about Harry Potter, dubbed " Harry Potter and the philosopher's stone." Only a thousand copies went on sale. In November of the same year the book was awarded the first prize – Nesyle Smarties Book Prise. A year later, Joan received the first world recognition – the international British Book Award.

Soon in States has passed auction, in which one of lots was on the right the publication novel Rowling. The auction was attended by many publishing houses, but the victory went to Scholastic Incorporation, paid for it $105 thousand.

In the summer of 1998, the writer published the second part of the novel, which she called "the secret room". Two years later came the sequel - " Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban." The next part, the fourth in a row, became a record sales – for the day was sold 373 thousand copies.

In 2003, the writer pleases his fans the fifth part of the Saga, called " Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix." Two years later, on the shelves there is a continuation of an entertaining story about a boy with glasses – "Harry Potter and the half-blood Prince", which again began to beat all previous records for sales – it was released 9 million copies, which disappeared from the shelves for 24 hours. In 2007 the author finishes work on the seventh part- "deathly Hallows".

Other books Rowling

Aside from novels about a small magician from of Hogwarts writer has become famous, thanks to and other works of.

Fantastic beasts and where they live is the only book published under the pseudonym newt Scamander. This literary masterpiece is a "spin-off" story about the main little wizard. It describes events that took place 65 years before the boy Harry.

Most of the money received from the sale of the book (about 13 million pounds), JK Kate Rowling transferred to the account of the largest organizations involved in children's charity.

The fairy tale "Hare Cracker and her stump-scoffer" was written in the period 2007-2009. for this masterpiece of world literature for children, Prince Charles awarded the writer the Order of the British Empire.

JK Rowling-knight of the order | Mirror

The novel "the Casual Vacancy" ("Casual vacancy") – the first work of the genre "social drama" from JK Kate Rowling for adults and adolescents.

Also made a lot of noise detective story " Call (Cry) cuckoo."