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- On her personal website, Rowling revealed that she had considered making a cameo as Lily Potter, the mother of Harry Potter, in the mirror scene in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, but decided against it because She doesn¡¯t think she¡¯s ready to act on the big screen yet. The role of Lily Potter in the Literary Hall was finally performed by British actress Gelatin Sommerfield.
In 2000, Rowling founded the Villante Charitable Trust, which invests ¡ê5.1 million every year to fight poverty and social inequality.
The trust also has programs to help children, single-parent families and funds research into multiple sclerosis. Rowling said: I think you have a moral responsibility to give more than you need and to do something intelligent about it.
Rowling, a former single mother, is now the director of the British charity Gingerbread. She became the organization's first charity ambassador in 2000. Rowling co-wrote children's storybooks with former British Prime Minister Sarah Brown to sponsor the organization.
In 2001, Comic Relief, a British anti-poverty fundraiser, asked three best-selling authors, including Rowling, Delia Smith (British TV celebrity chef), and Helen Fielding (author of "BJ's Diary"), for a book about their masterpieces. Little book.
Rowling wrote the fictional books "Quidditch Through History" and "Monsters and Where to Find Them" that appeared in the plot of "Harry Potter" into books, and wrote them as if they were actually borrowed from the Hogwarts library. .
Since going on sale in 2001, the two books have raised ¡ê15.7 million for Comic Relief, of which ¡ê10.8 million will be used to establish an international fund to help children or young people in crisis outside the UK.
In 2002, Rowling wrote a preface to the book "Magic" because the publisher of the book donated money to the British Council for Single Parent Families.
In 2005, Rowling and Member of the European Parliament Emma Nicolson co-founded the Lumus organization.
year 2006. Rowling traveled to Bucharest, the capital of Romania, to express concern about the cage beds used to confine children in a local mental hospital. To help raise money for Lomus, Rowling auctioned off a copy of "The Tales of Pedro the Bard" that she handwritten and illustrated, which appeared in "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" Rowling has made a total of 7 magical fairy tale books.
It was finally won by the Amazon online bookstore in 2007 for 1.95 million pounds, becoming the most expensive book in modern times. Rowling said: There are many desperate children waiting for help. (The auction result) means Christmas has come early for me. Rowling gave the remaining six copies of "The Tales of Peter the Bard" to people related to the "Harry Potter" series. In 2008, Rowling agreed to publish the book and donate the proceeds to the Lomus organization.
Rowling donated money to support research and treatment related to multiple sclerosis. Because her mother suffered from the disease before her death in 1990.
In 2006, Rowling donated a large sum of money to the University of Edinburgh to support the school's newly established center for regenerative medicine, later named the Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology Clinic (urologyclinic). year 2010. Rowling donated a further ¡ê10 million to the centre. Scotland, where Rowling lives, has the highest rate of multiple sclerosis in the world, for unknown reasons.
In 2003, Rowling helped push for the establishment of national standards of care for people with multiple sclerosis. In 2009, Rowling announced that she would stop sponsoring the Scottish branch of the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Great Britain due to the society's inability to resolve the ongoing internal strife between the northern and southern branches, which caused serious damage to the society and several resignations.
May 2008. British booksellers asked Rowling and 12 other writers to write a short essay or story on A5 cards for a charity auction in support of Dyslexia Action and PEN England.
Rowling wrote an 800-word "Harry Potter Prequel", describing the story of Harry Potter's father, James Potter, and his godfather, Sirius Black, before Harry was born. These writers' cards were integrated into a book auction in 2008.
year 2006. Rowling read with Stephen King and John Irvine at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, USA. Proceeds from this event will be donated to the Haven Foundation and Doctors Without Borders. The Haven Foundation specializes in supporting artists and performances who are uninsured or unable to work. By.
In 2007, Rowling pledged a donation of approximately ¡ê250,000 to ¡ê495,000. The campaign was launched by the British tabloid News of the World as a reward for the disappearance of Madeleine McCain.
also. Rowling also wrote an introduction to a collection of speeches by former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown with Nelson Mandela, Al Gower, and Aaron Greenspan, with proceeds going to the Jennifer Brown Research Laboratory.
In 2008, on the eve of the Labor Party National Conference, Rowling announced a donation of one million pounds to the Labor Party and endorsed former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown. She said:
¡°I believe poor and vulnerable families would be better off under Labor than under David Cameron¡¯s Conservatives.
Gordon Brown has always insisted on savingThese needy children and families who have no opportunities or choices.
The Labor government has long paid attention to the issue of child poverty and is a pioneer among EU countries on this issue.
David Cameron¡¯s tax cuts for married couples, on the other hand, remind me of what I experienced as a poor single mother under the Conservative government.
"This shows that the Conservative Party still believes in childlessness and dual income, but policies that give married couples more financial assistance than struggling families in poverty put these poor families at a disadvantage.
Rowling also expressed her views on the 2008 U.S. presidential election to the Spanish-language newspaper El Pais. She said that she was very concerned about the progress of the US election because it would have a major impact on the world in the future.
In 2008, she said that Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton would be extraordinary in the White House. In some interviews, she mentioned that her hero was former U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy.
In April 2010, Rowling wrote an article in The Times criticizing Cameron for providing married couples with a ¡ê150 annual tax break in order to encourage them to stay together.
People who experience poverty will not say words that are not about money, but about information.
When there's a hole in your house and you can't afford a locksmith, that's money. When you're 2p short of buying baked beans and the kid is starving, that's money. When you find out I consider taking advantage of others because I can't afford diapers. This is a matter of money.
"If Mr. Cameron's only advice to poor women raising children on their own is to find someone to marry, we will reward you with 150 pounds. That is showing ignorance of their real situation.
How many possible husbands did I meet when I was a single mom with a kid, no job, stuck in an apartment every night, and barely making ends meet?
Should I be with the young man who broke my kitchen window at three o'clock in the morning? Spending ¡ê500,000 to send a message - it will not bring more economic benefits, nor will it lead to more people sending flowers to married people on low incomes.
As a resident of Scotland, Rowling was eligible to vote in the 2014 Scottish independence referendum. She supports Scotland remaining in the United Kingdom.
A few years ago, some religious people believed that Rowling's books promoted witchcraft. Rowling clarified that she is a Christian. When writing "Harry Potter", she often attended the Church of Scotland, where her eldest daughter Jessica was baptized.
¡°I go to church voluntarily, she said, without fanaticizing about my religious obligations. She also once said: I believe in God, not magic. She believed that if readers knew she was a Christian, they would read about her faith in the book.
In 2007, Rowling described her religious background in an interview with the Dutch newspaper Deutsche Zeitung:
¡°Officially speaking, I am a Christian in the Church of England, but I am an outlier in my family. Religion was rarely discussed in our family. My father is not religious and neither is my sister.
My mother went to church occasionally, but mostly at Christmas time. So I seem special.
When I was 13 or 14 years old, I always went to church alone. I am interested in Him and believe in Him. After college, I became critical, angry at smugly religious people, and went to church less and less.
Now I¡¯m back to where I started: Yes, I believe it. And yes, I go to church. It was a Protestant church in Edinburgh. My husband is also a Protestant, but he comes from a strict Scottish community where singing and chatting are not allowed.
Rowling has been awarded honorary degrees by St. Andrews, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Napier, Exeter, Aberdeen and Harvard University. Among them, Rowling gave a speech to graduates at Harvard University's 2008 graduation ceremony.
2000: Medal of the Order of the British Empire. Locus Award.
2001: Hugo Award for Best Novel of the Year.
2003: Prince of Asturias Award, Peace Prize.
2008: British Book Award, Outstanding Achievement Award.
In 2009, former French President Nicolas Sarkozy awarded Rowling the French Legion of Honor.
2010: Hans Christian Andersen Prize for Literature.
2011: British Academy Film Awards, won the British Film Outstanding Contribution Award for the "Harry Potter" series of films, jointly won with director David Heyman, actors and crew.
2012: Honorary Citizen of the City of London.
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