Witch Writer JK

Rowling
Student: Ngoc Ha Phung
Class 12D4
 Table of Contents

01. Place of origin 03. Reputation

Where and when she was
What is she famous for?
born?

02. Grow-up place 04. Interesting facts

Some interesting facts
Where did she grow-up?
about her
01.
Place of origin

My answer for: Where and

when she was born?
Place of origin

Joanne Kathleen Rowling was

born on July 31th, 1965 in UK

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02.
Grow-up
place
Where did she grow up?
 Growing–up place

● She grew up in Yate,

Gloucestershire – a
country in South
West England

Historical map of Yate

3.

REPUTATION

• What is she famous

for?
Her Work

She is best known for writing the Joanne

Harry Potter fantasy series Kathle
en
Rowli
ng
_____
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Writer
of
Harry
Potter
4. Some interesting facts about her
 6 imperative facts about her

Chilhood Inspiration Life

Charitable activity Famous quote

a/Childhood

Her teenage years were

unhappy. Her home life was
complicated by her mother's
diagnosis with multiple
sclerosis and a strained
relationship with her father,
with whom she is not on
speaking terms.
b/Inspiration

Rowling was working as a researcher

and bilingual secretary for Amnesty
International in 1990 when she
conceived the idea for the Harry
Potter series while on a delayed train
from Manchester to London
 c/Life
The seven-year period that followed saw the death
of her mother, birth of her first child, divorce from
her first husband, and relative poverty until the
first novel in the series, Harry Potter and the
Philosopher's Stone, was published in 1997.

At the time of writing the first Harry Potter

book, Rowling was living on government
welfare payments. In 1995, Rowling finished
her manuscript for Harry Potter and the
Philosopher's Stone. The book was submitted
to twelve publishing houses, all of which
rejected the manuscript.
c/ Life

● She had to live a life of deprivation and struggle a

lot as a single mother in poverty. After all, in 2004,
Forbes named Rowling as the first person to
become a US-dollar billionaire by writing books.

● She was named the "Most Influential Woman in

Britain" by leading magazine editors
 d/Charitable activities

• Rowling given away much of her earnings to

charity.

• She has supported multiple charities as well

as launching her own charity, Lumos
 e/Her famous quote

What I fear most about myself, at your

age – is not poverty – but failure
 5.
Lesson to learn
from her life
story
Good things will always wait in the future, as long
as we don’t give up. As long as we keep working
hard, our efforts will never betray us. Never give up!
Thanks
That’s my presentation.
Thanks for listening

Ngoc Ha Phung – 12D4