J. K. Rowling is an English writer writing under the pseudonym J. Kathleen Rowling, author of a series (1997-2007) of Harry Potter novels translated into more than 60 languages, including Russian. It is believed that Hermione Granger is the prototype of the author himself.
Biography
Joanne Katheline Rowling (Joanne Katheline Rowling) - Writing under the pseudonym Joan Kathleen Rowling, was born July 31, 1965 in Yeta, Gloucestershire - England, 16 km northeast of Bristol. The family of an aeronautical engineer Rolls-Royce - Rowling Peter James Rowling and Ann Rowling (née Volant), who worked as a research assistant in the chemistry department of Wyedean University, where Joe herself later went to school. Her parents first met on a train leaving King's Cross station for Arbroath (the largest city in the Angus area of Scotland) in 1964. They were married on March 14, 1965.
Childhood
Rowling's sister - Diane was born when Rowling was 1 year and 11 months old. The family moved to the nearby village of Winterbourne, when Rowling was four years old. As a child, Rowling often wrote fantasy stories, which she read to her sister. At the age of nine, the Rowlings moved to Church Cottage in the village of Gloucestershire, Tootshill. Joana's teenage years were not very happy: her mother was sick with multiple sclerosis, a tense relationship with her father - she did not talk to him. And later, the writer herself said that she based Hermione Granger's character on herself when she was eleven years old, and Sean Harris is her best friend in the Upper Sixth (In the education systems of England, Northern Ireland, Wales and some other countries - the sixth grade represents the last 1-3 years of secondary education (high school), where students (usually 16 to 18 years old) prepare for the A level exams), owned a turquoise Ford Anglia, which was the prototype of the flying version of the car in "Harry Potter" - "Chamber of Secrets" …
Education
As a child, Rowling attended St. Michael's Elementary School, founded by William Wilberforce and educational reformer Hannah More. Its director at St Michael's Church, Alfred Dunn, was the inspiration for Harry Potter director Albus Dumbledore. She attended high school at Wiedean School and College, a mixed comprehensive school. Where she studied in addition to her native English - French and German.
In 1982, Rowling passed the University of Oxford entrance exams but failed and earned her BA in French from the University of Exeter.
Tragedy is inspiration
After working as a researcher and bilingual secretary in London for Amnesty International, Rowling moved with a young man to Manchester, where she worked at the Chamber of Commerce. During a four-hour train ride from Manchester to London, she began to form the idea of a story about a boy attending a school of wizardry. And when Joana settled in her apartment in Clapham Junction, she began to write the future famous work. In December 1990, Joana's mother died, after a long illness - Rowling wrote about Harry Potter at the time and never told her mother about it. Her death greatly influenced Rowling's work, which was reflected in the feelings of the loss of Harry's own parents.
On July 27, 1993, Rowling gives birth to a daughter, Jessica Isabelle Rowling Arantes (Jessica Mitford), and on November 17, 1993, she runs away from her husband and in December 1993, Rowling and her daughter moved to Edinburgh, Scotland to be with Rowling's sister. At that time, she already had three chapters about Harry Potter written.
Seven years after graduation, Rowling saw herself as a failure. Her marriage failed: She was unemployed with a nursing baby, but described her failure as a liberation and that it allowed her to focus on creativity. During this period, Rowling was diagnosed with clinical depression and suicidal tendencies. Her illness inspired the characters - the Dementors - the heartbreaking creatures introduced in the third book. The writer filed for divorce in August 1994, and began teacher training in August 1995 at the Moray House School of Education, University of Edinburgh.
Harry Potter
In 1995, Rowling completed her manuscript for Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, which she was typing on an old handwritten typewriter.
Following an enthusiastic response from Briony Evens, a reader asked to view the first three chapters of the book, Christopher Little of the Fulham Literature Agency agreed to represent Rowling in her search for a publisher. The book was submitted to twelve publishers who rejected the manuscript. A year later, she finally received the green light (and a £ 1,500 advance) from editor Barry Cunningham of Bloomsbury, a London-based publisher. In early 1998, an auction was held in the United States to publish the novel, and Scholastic Inc. won it for $ 105,000. Harry Potter is currently a global brand worth an estimated $ 15 billion.
Hermione Granger biography
Hermione Granger (hermione granger) - from the English. "grange" - "estate" - refers to the type of people who put knowledge above all else: "excellent student, sportswoman, Komsomol member." She believed that being expelled from school was worse than death. Granger is Muggle-born, which means she was not born of wizards, not like everything that led to the insult to her from the "pillars of society".
And in spite of everything, she is the best student of Hogwarts, which she entered in 1991 and studies at the Gryffindor faculty, more than once broke the rules of Hogwarts, more than once risked her life to help Harry and Ron. She is distinguished by some arrogant omniscience, has read an incredible number of books, is convinced that books can teach absolutely everything. Knows the answers to any teacher's questions. Even before entering the first year of school, she memorized all the textbooks, she dreams of being the best student (and she succeeds). First met Harry and Ron on the Hogwarts Express train (remember Joan's parents). At first, her relationship with them was rather strained - the boys considered her an incredible bore. They became friends after the battle with the mountain troll, when Harry and Ron, risking their lives, rescued Hermione, and she, in turn, "covered" them in front of the professors. From now on, she participates in all their adventures, providing invaluable assistance in the fight against Voldemort with her vast knowledge.
In addition to the vast knowledge, Hermione is distinguished by equanimity in any situation and a sense of self-esteem, which allows her not to react to extremely offensive insults from Draco Malfoy and other Slytherins. In the second year, she was attacked by a basilisk and almost died, but she survived due to the fact that she saw the monster through the mirror (the situation with marriage, flight and divorce). Has been revived with a mandrake elixir. In the third year I tried to attend all the subjects that were taught at Hogwarts. To do this, she needed a Time-Turner, which, as an exception, she was allowed to use as the best student in the school. Thanks to this magic item, with the help of Hermione, Harry and Ron managed to save Sirius Black and the hippogryph Buckbeak. In the fourth year, she initiated the creation of a society for the protection of house elves' rights - she was outraged by the injustice towards house elves that existed in a magical society (Joana is engaged in charity work). In the same year, she managed to win the heart of the great Quidditch player Victor Krum, who played at the Triwizard Tournament as the champion of Durmstrang. At the present time (1995-96) he is in the fifth year of school (study of the author at school).
And even Rowling herself admits that she wrote the image of Hermione as a parody of herself at the age of eleven. And Emma Watson herself (eng. Emma Watson), the actress who plays the role of Hermione Granger is somewhat similar to her heroine. She was born in 1990 in the capital of France, and at the age of five she moved to her native England with her family. Here her parents divorced and began to live separately, the girl stayed with her mother.
The names of the actors who played the famous characters: Daniel Radcliffe played Harry Potter; actress Emma Watson - Hermione Granger; red-haired actor Rupert Grint - Rona Weasley.
