[466] She is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (FRSL),[467] the Royal Society of Edinburgh (HonFRSE),[468] and the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (FRCPE). Its influences include Bildungsroman (the coming-of-age genre), school stories, fairy tales, and Christian allegory. [246] The critic of children's literature Joy Farmer sees parallels between Harry and Jesus Christ. "Harry Potter and Christian theology". I was nine when I first read, Because of this, I feel a personal ownership over, But hard as she tries to reclaim it, the Wizarding World is, in many ways, lost to her. She co-founded the charity Lumos and established the Volant Charitable Trust, named after her mother. [305] Pharr terms the house-elves a disharmonious element in the series, writing that Rowling leaves their fate hanging;[306] at the end of Deathly Hallows, the elves remain enslaved and cheerful. [313] In the following years, parents in several US cities launched protests against teaching it in schools. Carlo Allegri/Reuters. [355] Richard Posner describes Stouffer's suit as deeply flawed and notes that the court, finding she had used "forged and altered documents", assessed a $50,000 penalty against her. He is a former Portuguese TV reporter but it is not clear what he does now. [n] She began attending a Church of Scotland congregation, where Jessica was christened, around the time she was writing Harry Potter. [139] When Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix had not appeared by 2002, rumours circulated that Rowling was suffering writer's block. This page was last edited on 25 February 2023, at 12:45. The economic system, for instance, has rightly been called feudal. [207] Rowling collaborated with writer Jack Thorne and director John Tiffany. [301] Thus, according to Gupta, Harry Potter depicts superior races as having a moral obligation of tolerance and altruism towards lesser races, rather than explicitly depicting equality. Not that Rowling hasnt tried to claim supreme ownership of the World she generated. [127][m] Before Chamber of Secrets was published, Rowling had received 2,800 ($4,200) in royalties. [89], Rowling completed Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone in June 1995. [256] Unlike Voldemort, who evades death by separating and hiding his soul in seven parts, Harry's soul is whole, nourished by friendship and love. "By every usual standard, I was the biggest failure I knew," said Rowling. [132] To her surprise and delight, Scholastic Corporation bought the rights for $105,000. [189] Rowling later said she enjoyed working as Robert Galbraith,[190] a name she took from Robert F. Kennedy, a personal hero, and Ella Galbraith, a name she invented for herself in childhood. she ain't dead, but she killed her own career by proudly hating trans people & no one would really miss her that much anyway," wrote one Twitter user. Rowling has always been open about her views on British politics. "Trans people need and deserve protection.". [378], Rowling has made donations to support other medical causes. The Mirror has reported that he had an all-consuming drug habit that spiralled after Ms Rowling left him and he . [221], Rowling acknowledges Homer, Geoffrey Chaucer, and William Shakespeare as literary influences. [296], The social hierarchies in Rowling's magical world have been a matter of debate among scholars and critics. The mainstream war between trans activists/allies and Rowling kicked off in December 2019, when the author offered her public support to Maya Forstater a U.K. woman who was fired for expressing. I remember reading an interview with Emma Watson sometime around 2002, when she and I were both about 12, in which she said something like, its a world you want to be real. And it was. J.K. Rowling has faced her fair share of controversy lately, and now her Fantastic Beasts franchise is going through some issues of its own. JK Rowling has revealed that her new crime novel's plot "genuinely wasn't" inspired by the backlash to her comments about the trans community. J.K. Rowling has been married to Dr Neil Murray since 2001. [292] Hermione Granger, in particular, becomes an active and independent character essential to the protagonists' battle against evil. [366], Long interested in issues affecting women and children,[367] Rowling established the Volant Charitable Trust in 2000, named after her mother[368] to address social deprivation in at-risk women, children and youth. [81], Rowling moved to Manchester around November 1990. Their names often include morphemes that correspond to their characteristics: Malfoy is difficult, Filch unpleasant and Lupin a werewolf. [353][361] The court held that Lexicon was neither a fair use of Rowling's material nor a derivative work, but it did not prevent the book from being published in a different form. In, Hopkins, Lisa. [61] Rowling's home life was complicated by her mother's illness[62] and a strained relationship with her father. [189] After an investigation prompted by discussion on Twitter, the journalist Richard Brooks contacted Rowling's agent, who confirmed Galbraith was Rowling's pseudonym. People have gotten Harry Potter tattoos and themed weddingsincluding my own sister. [160] Although she grew up next door to her church,[161] accounts of the family's church attendance differ. "Hermione Granger goes to war". [223] According to the critic Beatrice Groves, Harry Potter is also "rooted in the Western literary tradition", including the classics. Quidditch is now a real-world sport with gameplay rules edited for logic and, ironically, extremely progressive regulations on gender homogeneity within individual teams. [210][211] Rowling released The Ickabog for free online in mid-2020, during the COVID-19 lockdown in the United Kingdom. Hermione could be Black! J.K. Rowling, is the author of the "Harry Potter" fantasy novel series popular across the globe, and Jorge was a television journalist, however, the couple separated five months after their daughter was born after a turbulent relationship, and Rowling left Portugal with her daughter and went to live with her sister in Scotland. [158] Ultimately, Smith says that these concerns served to "increase her public profile rather than damage it". JK Rowling has warned that social media is 'a gift for people who want to behave in a malign way' after she received a death threat on Twitter from an Islamic extremist in response to her support . In, Berents, Helen. [238] This blend of realistic and romantic elements extends to Rowling's characters. [102] She later described her economic status as being as "poor as it is possible to be in modern Britain, without being homeless". [31] It was adapted to a miniseries co-created by the BBC and HBO. The series has sold over 600 million copies, been translated into 84 languages, and spawned a global media franchise including films and . [267] Neither of Rowling's later works, The Casual Vacancy and the Cormoran Strike series, have been as successful,[272] though Casual Vacancy was still a bestseller in the UK within weeks of its release. [362] Lexicon was published in 2009. [401] She described herself in 2003 as "too thin-skinned". [31], Rowling sought government assistance and got 69 (US$103) per week from Social Security; not wanting to burden her recently married sister, she moved to a flat that she described as mouse-ridden. In October 2007, a few weeks after the seventh and final installment of the Harry Potter series was published, Rowling announced that Hogwarts' beloved headmaster, Albus Dumbledore, is gay and. [250][251] In the first book, when Harry looks into the Mirror of Erised, he feels both joy and "a terrible sadness" at seeing his desire: his parents, alive and with him. Author J.K. Rowling has been accused of transphobia (Picture: Getty Images) There are few viral tweets which have resonated more with me than this in recent days: 'Well well well, if it isn't . [351][352], In the 1990s and 2000s, Rowling was both a plaintiff and defendant in lawsuits alleging copyright infringement. Harry is a wizard who lives with his non-magical relatives until his eleventh birthday, when he is invited to attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. [89] She does not believe in magic or witchcraft. Sept. 1, 2017 marked the official "19 Years Later" date from the epilogue of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, wherein a grown-up Harry Potter sees his own children off to Hogwarts. Harry Potter [10] When Joanne was four, the family moved to Winterbourne, Gloucestershire. [52], Anne had a strong influence on her daughter. [40] In mid-1990, she was on a train delayed by four hours from Manchester to London,[81] when the characters Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger came plainly into her mind. [273] Harry Potter's popularity has been attributed to factors including the nostalgia evoked by the boarding-school story, the endearing nature of Rowling's characters, and the accessibility of her books to a variety of readers. J.K. Rowling in her series did a great job invigorating not only the youth imagination but also in giving youth and adults a commonality that they could talk about. In the years since the publication of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, J.K. Rowling has revealed a number of tidbits of information about the Wizarding World.. 1. [40] Her marriage had failed, and she was jobless with a dependent child, but she later described this as "liberating" her to focus on writing. [320] Christian analyses of the series have argued that it embraces ideals of friendship, loyalty, courage, love, and the temptation of power. [321] According to Farmer, it is a profound misreading to think that Harry Potter promotes witchcraft. [368] To support Children's Voice, later renamed Lumos, Rowling sold a deluxe copy of The Tales of Beedle the Bard at auction in 2007. [11][106] Early in the year, Rowling began to experience a deep depression[107] and sought medical help when she contemplated suicide. [340][341] She has also been described as an heir to Roald Dahl. (I am a Gryffindor with an acacia and unicorn hair wand and my patronus is a Siberian cat, thank you.). [48][58] John Nettleship, the head of science at Wyedean, described Anne as "absolutely brilliant, a sparkling character very imaginative". Harry's ability to draw the Sword of Gryffindor from the Sorting Hat resembles the Arthurian sword in the stone legend. [52] With the end of the relationship with her boyfriend, and "being made redundant from an office job in Manchester", Rowling described herself as being in a state of "fight or flight". [14] They came from middle-class backgrounds;[10] Pete was the son of a machine-tool setter who later opened a grocery shop. In, Last edited on 25 February 2023, at 12:45, transgender people and related civil rights, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Society for the Promotion of Elfish Welfare, Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, Political views of J. K. 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