j.K.rowling的简介.ppt

1、The mother of magic,乔安妮.凯瑟琳.罗琳,J.K Rowling,J. K. Rowling, born in 1965, British author, who writes about the magical adventures of a boy wizard named Harry Potter. The Harry Potter book series dominated bestseller lists beginning in the late 1990s, attracting millions of fans worldwide among childre

2、n and adults alike.,1,2,3,4,About Rowling,Rowling and Harry Potter,Her honours and awards,Her charities,About J.K Rowling,J.K.Rowling was born in Chipping Sodbury, England, on July 31, 1965. Her real name is Joanne Kathleen Rowling, J.K. Rowling is her pen name. She graduated from Exeter University(

3、埃克斯特大学 ), learning French and classical literature, got Bachelors degree(学士学位 ) in arts.,J.K.Rowling has formed the habit of writing since the age of six. She kept writing even after she moved to Portugal( 葡萄牙 ) to teach English. She got married to a journalist. The couple had a daughter but later d

4、ivorced.(离婚 ) She struggled to support herself and her daughter Jessica while working on her novel.,About J.K Rowling,Rowling and Harry Potter,The idea for Harry Potter came to Rowling in 1990 during a ride train from Manchester to London. She then went to work on the story. That same year, her moth

5、er died, leaving Rowling and the rest of her family heartbroken. It is this loss that shaped the way she wrote about Harry Potter and his dead parents.,About Seven series of Harry Potter,1997,1998,1999,2000,2003,2005,2007,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,Harry Potter and the Philosophers (Sorcerers) Stone ,Harry Potte

6、r and the Chamber of Secrets ,Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban ,Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire ,Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix ,Harry Potter and the Half- Blood Prince ,Honours & Awards,J.K. Rowling has received many honours and awards, including: Author of the Year and Lifet

7、ime Achievement Award, British Book Awards, 1999 and 2008 Booksellers Association Author of the Year, 1998 and 1999 Order of the British Empire (OBE), 2001 WH Smith Fiction Award, 2004 Prince of Asturias Award for Concord, Spain, 2003 Blue Peter Gold Badge, 2007,Honours & Awards, Commencement speake

8、r, Harvard University, USA, 2008 The Edinburgh Award, 2008 James Joyce Award, University College Dublin, 2008 South Bank Show Award for Outstanding Achievement, 2008 Chevalier de la Legion dHonneur: France, 2009 Hans Christian Andersen Award, Denmark, 2010 Honorary Degrees from the University of Exe

9、ter, University of St Andrews, Napier University, University of Edinburgh, Dartmouth College USA, Harvard University USA, University of Aberdeen.,Lumos,charities,J.K. Rowling co-founded the Childrens High Level Group (CHLG) with Baroness Emma Nicholson MEP, in 2005.,Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurolo

10、gy Clinic,In 2010, J.K. Rowling made a substantial donation for the foundation of a new clinic at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. In addition to conducting major research into neuro-regeneration, the Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology Clinic will support patients with Multiple Sclerosis and other neurodegenerative diseases.,charities,Gingerbread,For seven years J.K. Rowling was an Ambassador of One Parent Families, now called Gingerbread, a charity working with lone parents a