Презентация по английскому языку на тему "Famous writer" (9 класс)

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  The writer who changed the world.
  

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  Stephen King
  

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  Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, crime, science-fiction, and fantasy novels. His books have sold more than 350 million copies, and many have been adapted into films, television series, miniseries, and comic books. King has published 61 novels, including seven under the pen name Richard Bachman, and five non-fiction books. He has also written approximately 200 short stories, most of which have been published in book collections.
  
  King has received Bram Stoker Awards, World Fantasy Awards, and British Fantasy Society Awards. In 2003, the National Book Foundation awarded him the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He has also received awards for his contribution to literature for his entire bibliography, such as the 2004 World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement and the 2007 Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America. In 2015, he was awarded with a National Medal of Arts from the U.S. National Endowment for the Arts for his contributions to literature. He has been described as the "King of Horror", a play on his surname and a reference to his high standing in pop culture.
  

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  King sold his first professional short story, "The Glass Floor", to Startling Mystery Stories in 1967.
  
  After graduating from the University of Maine, King earned a certificate to teach high school but, unable to find a teaching post immediately, he initially supplemented his laboring wage by selling short stories to men's magazines such as Cavalier. Many of these early stories have been republished in the collection Night Shift. The short story "The Raft" was published in Adam, a men's magazine. After being arrested for stealing traffic cones (he was annoyed after one of the cones knocked his muffler loose), he was fined $250 for petty larceny but had no money to pay.
  

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  King married Tabitha Spruce on January 2, 1971. She too is a novelist and philanthropic activist. The couple own and divide their time between three houses: one in Bangor, Maine (set to become a museum and writer's retreat); one in Lovell, Maine; and for the winter a waterfront mansion located off the Gulf of Mexico in Sarasota, Florida. The Kings have three children, a daughter and two sons, and four grandchildren.[1] Their daughter Naomi is a Unitarian Universalist Church minister in Plantation, Florida, with her lesbian partner, Rev. Dr. Thandeka. Both of the Kings' sons are authors: Owen King published his first collection of stories, We're All in This Together: A Novella and Stories, in 2005. Joseph Hillström King, who writes as Joe Hill, published a collection of short stories, 20th Century Ghosts, in 2005. His debut novel, Heart-Shaped Box (2007), was optioned by Warners Bros.
  
  In the early 1970s, King developed a drinking problem which would plague him for more than a decade. Soon after Carrie's release in 1974, King's mother died of uterine cancer; King has written of his severe drinking problem at this time, stating that he was drunk while delivering the eulogy at his mother's funeral.
  

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  Some motivational quotes
  The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do (Steve Jobs) — Люди, которым хватает безрассудства думать, что они могут изменить мир — и есть те, кто его меняют (Стив Джобс).
  Today's accomplishments were yesterday's impossibilities (Robert H. Schuller) — Сегодняшние достижения — это вчерашние невероятности. (Роберт Г. Шуллер)  
  Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful (Joshua J. Marine) — Испытания делают жизнь интересной, а их преодоление наполняет ее смыслом. (Джошуа Д. Марин)
  
  

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  Do what you have to do until you can do what you want to do (Oprah Winfrey) — Делай что нужно, пока не сможешь делать то, что хочешь. (Опра Уинфри) 
  You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great (Zig Ziglar) — Вам не нужно быть великим, чтобы начать, но вам нужно начать, чтобы стать великим. (Зиг Зиглар)
  
  

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  Thanks for your attention!