Презентация, доклад по английскому языку на тему: Stephen Edwin King

Maine.

mother Nellie Ruth was a housewife. When Stephen King was two years old, his father left the family under the pretense of «going to buy a pack of cigarettes». After that the family decided to settle in Stratford, Connecticut but returned to Maine when he was eleven.

hit by a train and dying although he does not recall the incident. But this incident became the ground for King’s works.

graduated from Lisbon Falls High School. He went to the «University of Maine» and received a Bachelor of Science degree. During his studies here he published a collection of 18 short stories with his close friend Chris Chesley. It was named «People, Places and Things».

Lisbon Falls High School, in Lisbon Falls, Maine. 

for his brother’s newspaper although his real career began when his story of about 6000 words «I Was a Teenage Grave Robber» was published in the magazine «Comics Review» in 1965 a year before his graduation. He completed his first novel called «The Long Walk» which was badly rejected however he did make some money with another book «The Glass Floor».

name Richard Bachman, and six non-fiction books. He has written around 200 short stories, most of which have been collected in book collections.

of which have been adapted into feature films, miniseries, television series, and comic books. For example, his novel The Green Mile. This film has a rating of 9.1.

hit by a vehicle and suffered many severe injuries and fractures. He underwent five major operations in 10 days and therapy, he recommenced his work on «On Writing».

for more than forty minutes. That was when the pain became really bad. The injuries slowed King’s pace so much so that in 2002 he announced that he would stop writing. The novels he wrote before this announcement are «The Plant» which was submitted online. Another e-book by him is «Riding the Bullet».

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Owen King