HARRY POTTER AND THE PHILOSOPHER’S STONE J.K. Rowling
Tertulias literarias Literatur Solasaldiak Literary Circle
Errenteriako Biblioteka 2019 / 12 / 18
J. K. Rowling Joanne Rowling (born 31 July 1965), better known by her pen name J.K. Rowling, is a British author, film producer, television producer, screenwriter, and philanthropist. She is best known for writing the Harry Potter fantasy series, which has won multiple awards and sold more than 500 million copies, becoming the bestselling book series in history. The books are the basis of a popular film series, over which Rowling had overall approval on the scripts and was a producer on the final films. She also writes crime fiction under the name Robert Galbraith. Rowling has lived a "rags to riches" life in which she progressed from living on benefits to being the world's first billionaire author. She lost her billionaire status after giving away much of her earnings to charity but remains one of the wealthiest people in the world. She is the UK's bestselling living author, with sales in excess of £238 million. In October 2010, Rowling was named the "Most Influential Woman in Britain" by leading magazine editors. She has supported multiple charities, including Comic Relief, One Parent Families, and Multiple Sclerosis Society of Great Britain, as well as launching her own charity, Lumos.
Selected Works Harry Potter Series ·Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (26 June 1997) ·Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2 July 1998) ·Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (8 July 1999) ·Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (8 July 2000) ·Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (21 June 2003) ·Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (16 July 2005) ·Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (21 July 2007)
Other ·The Casual Vacancy (27 September 2012) Cormoran Strike series (as Robert Galbraith) ·The Cuckoo's Calling (18 April 2013) ·The Silkworm (19 June 2014) ·Career of Evil (20 October 2015) ·Lethal White (18 September 2018)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is a fantasy novel, the first novel in the Harry Potter series and Rowling's debut novel, it follows Harry Potter, a young wizard who discovers his magical heritage on his eleventh birthday, when he receives a letter of acceptance to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Harry makes close friends and a few enemies during his first year at the school, and with the help of his friends, Harry faces an attempted comeback by the dark wizard Lord Voldemort, who killed Harry's parents, but failed to kill Harry when he was just 15 months old. The book was first published in the United Kingdom on 26 June 1997 by Bloomsbury. It was published in the United States the following year by Scholastic Corporation under the title Harry Potter and the Sorcerer'sStone. It won most of the British book awards that were judged by children and other awards in the US. The book reached the top of the New York Times list of best-selling fiction in August 1999 and stayed near the top of that list for much of 1999 and 2000. It has been translated into at least 73 other languages, and has been made into a featurelength film of the same name, as have all six of its sequels.
Interesting links Official Web: ·https://www.jkrowling.com
Our coordinator´s blog (ENG/ESP) ·https://donostiabookclub.blogspot.com
J.K. Rownling's Harvard Speech: ·https://harvardmagazine.com/2008/06/the-fringe-benefits-failuretheimportance-imagination