• Joanne K. Rowling– biography– awards– records– bibliography

• Charakteres

• Story

• Personal opinion

Joanne Rowling Biography

• Born in Yate in 1965

• studied French and the Classics in Exeter

• Then worked for Amnesty International

• was living on state benefits when she writes the first

Harry Potter

• Scholastic Inc. paid $100,000 for the rights to publish the Harry Potter in the USA

• most successful literary author of all time

grant – Unterstützung

J.K. Rowling Awards

• Nestle Smarties Book Prize (Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone)

• Children’s Book of the Year - British Book Awards (Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone)

• Children’s Book Award (Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone)

• JK Rowling has won the Hugo, Bram Stoker and Whitebread awards for the whole Harry Potter series.

JK Rowling records

• Last 3 volumes of the Harry Potter series have been the fastest selling books in history.

• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is the fastest selling book ever.

• JK Rowling is the first person to win the Smarties Prize for literature 3 years in a row.

• In the USA, each Harry Potter book reached place1 on the New York Times bestseller list.

JK Rowling bibliography

• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (1997)

• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (1998)

• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (1999)

• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2000)

• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2003)

• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2005)

• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (2007)

Main Characters

Harry Potter

Ronald Weasly

Hermione Granger

Other Caracters

Ginny Weasley

Remus Lupin

Tonks

Fred and George Weasley

Mad Eye Moody

Dumbledore

Severus Snape

Voldemort

Story

• Harry and his friends start on their final journey to destroy the last Horcruxes.

• Harry is plagued with rumours of Dumbledore

• Ron leaves them but comes back some days later and saves Harry‘s life.

• Harry has to get the Deathly Hallows to be the master of death and to kill Voldemort.

• Big battle in Hoghwarts Voldemort dies

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Personal Opinion

Thank you for your attention!A presentation by Mathias Sturn