Harry Potter author wins award ( 2003-09-11 17:30) (CRI.com) Harry Potter author JK Rowling
has scooped up a top Spanish award for promoting international harmony by
stimulating children's creativity through her books.
The British author
beat 37 other nominees to win the Prince of Asturias Award for Concord, given
each year to a person or group whose work has contributed "to the struggle
against injustice, poverty, disease or ignorance, to the defense of freedom, to
opening new horizons of knowledge."
The five Harry Potter books have sold almost 200 million copies in 55
languages and 200 countries.
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