J. K. Rowling
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
J. K. Rowling (Joanne Kathleen Rowling) , 1965-, English author known for her popular children's
books, b. Chipping Sodbury, grad. Exeter Univ.
(1986). While unemployed she completed her first book, Harry Potter and the
Philosopher's Stone (1996), a vivid tale of a young wizard and his
friends, adversaries, and teachers at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and
Wizardry. Published in the United States as Harry Potter and
the Sorcerer's Stone (1998, film 2001), it attracted a huge international
readership. The rest of the books in the series (and films based on them) soon
followed— Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (1998, film 2002), Harry
Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (1999, film 2004), Harry Potter and
the Goblet of Fire (2000, film 2005), Harry Potter and the Order of
the Phoenix (2003, film 2007), Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
(2005), and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (2007)—making Rowling
one of the world's most successful and wealthiest authors. Her books, which
appeal to both young and adult audiences, have sold in the multimillions, been
translated into more than 60 languages, and are widely credited with reviving
the practice of reading in many children. Under fanciful pseudonyms Rowling has
published two books related to the series, Fantastic Beasts and Where to
Find Them and Quidditch
through the Ages (both: 2001).
Bibliography: See biographies by S. Smith (2001), W. Compson (2003), C. A. Kirk (2003), C. C. Lovett (2003), and
C. A. Sexton (2005); studies by J. Granger (2002), G. L. Anatol,
ed. (2003), E. Heilman, ed. (2003), J. Houghton
(2003), G. Wiener, ed. (2003), D. Baggett and S. E. Klein, ed. (2004), G. W. Beahm (2004), and M. Lackey, ed. (2006).
Find more facts and information related to the .
The
Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth
Edition. Copyright 2008 Columbia University
Press
http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-RowlingJK.html
Other interesting biographies
: [Next] [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20]
Página creada y actualizada por
grupo "mmm".
Para cualquier
cambio, sugerencia, etc. contactar con: fores@uv.es
© a.r.e.a./Dr.Vicente Forés López
Universitat de València
Press
Página creada:
01/12/08 actualizada: 01/12/08