Capital: | € 357 million |
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Age: | 72 |
Born: | 21.09.1947 |
Country of origin: | USA |
Source of wealth: | writer |
Last updated: | 2020 |
Short introduction
Stephen King is the author of many novels, which are mostly in the horror genre. His books have sold more than 400 million copies and are available in more than 50 different languages. He is considered one of the most commercial writers commercially.
Early Life
In 1947 he was born in Portland, Maine, the country where he still lives today. When he was two years old, the father left the family. Raised in poor conditions, he often has the opportunity to see science fiction and fantasy films in theaters. This formed his writing from an early age. He was said to have written his first story at the age of seven years. He first published a story in the Comics Review magazine when he was 19 years old. Following his school days, he studied English at Maine University from 1966 to 1970, where he met his future wife, which he married in 1971. He then worked as an English teacher in Hampden, also in Maine. However, because this income is not enough to support his family, he also works as an iron in the laundry at night. However, he managed to write further short stories in his strict free time. Apart from several sales of these stories, there are still some time before the breakthrough and writers who are commercially successful. He won this with a novel “Carrie”, who actually wants him to throw away. However, his wife persuaded him to complete the work. Finally Stephen King was able to sell this novel for $ 400,000.
Career
Since then, his career as a successful writer really left. The following novels of “Brennen Muss Salem” and “Shining” are also very popular with monetary success that suits themselves. During this time he also wrote many short stories that further strengthen his position. Even in the early period of this success, many of his works were made into films, which not only allowed him to get more income, but also contributed to his enormous popularity.
During his career, Stephen King has written more than 50 novels and 100 short stories, as well as several short stories and scenarios. Stephen King also wrote many poems, columns, and even non-fiction books. The typical pattern of his actions is the average person, which suddenly interested in nightmares and no less natural.
The king himself slipped more into drug problems despite success. In addition to alcohol, he also consumes excessive cocaine and other stimulants. But in 1987, in his wife’s insistence, he managed to end this addiction at the rehabilitation clinic.
The drug rejection was only briefly stopped his creativity, Stephen King quickly returned to creativity and previous production levels, sometimes with several novels per year. In 1992 he also founded a band consisting of writers, with whom he mainly appeared in fundraising.
In 1999 he was a victim of traffic accidents where he was seriously injured. But he also recovered well from this and wrote his first job after that at the hospital by hand.
Career spotlight.
“Shining” novels, “ice” and “CUJO” may be the best known throughout the world, with almost all of his works achieving large sales. Many novels were also made into films, even though the king was not always happy with adaptation, especially happening by shining. But this film, who returned to King’s novel, was also a success throughout the world. If you look back in the whole career, you might be able to refer to his biggest success that has never been in a prolonged creative crisis for decades – also never falls with its audience.
Famous quotes
“My books are literary is equivalent to large Mäc with most fries.”
“People think I’m a very strange person. But it’s not true. I have a heart of a small boy. It’s in a glass on my desk.”
“Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates talented individuals from success is a lot of hard work.”
“When asked ‘How did you write?’ I answered without hesitation: ‘one word at a time.’ “
“The beauty of religious fanaticism is to have the power to explain everything. After God (or Satan) is accepted as the first reason for everything that happens in the mortal world, there is nothing left to coincidental … logical thinking can be disposed of safely into the sea.”
Amazing facts
Stephen King is a very large baseball fan and especially Boston Red Sox. He has a two-season ticket for himself and his wife since the 1980s.
In some films where the book was filmed, Stephen King had a cameo appearance, in 2019 there would be more than 10 different.
Stephen King appeared several times like himself in the TV series “The Simpsons”.
Net Worth 2020
As of 2020, his Net Worth is around $500 Million