《哈利波特》作者被評英國在世最偉大作家
JK Rowling was voted the greatest living British writer in a survey published Thursday.
The Harry Potter creator whose stories of the young wizard have sold over 300 million copies worldwide received nearly three times as many votes as Discworld《碟形世界》author Terry Pratchett in second place.
Third in The Book Magazine poll was Ian McEwan, author of titles including "Amsterdam（阿姆斯特丹）" and "Atonement（贖罪）," followed by "Satanic Verses（撒旦詩篇）" and "Midnight's Children（午夜的孩子）" author Salman Rushdie.
Kazuo Ishiguro, who was awarded the OBE（榮獲英帝國勛章的軍官）in 1995 for services to literature was fifth and Philip Pullman, author of "Northern Lights（北極光）" was sixth.
Nick Hornby, whose most recent novel "A Long Way Down" was short-listed for the 2005 Whitbread Novel Award was eighth followed by AS Byatt.
Jonathan Coe was joint tenth with spy novelist John Le Carr.
The magazine suggested 45 authors' names and its readers were invited to vote online.
Note：
OBE：Officer of the Order of the British Empire 的縮寫
JK Rowling was voted the greatest living British writer in a survey published Thursday.
The Harry Potter creator whose stories of the young wizard have sold over 300 million copies worldwide received nearly three times as many votes as Discworld《碟形世界》author Terry Pratchett in second place.
Third in The Book Magazine poll was Ian McEwan, author of titles including "Amsterdam（阿姆斯特丹）" and "Atonement（贖罪）," followed by "Satanic Verses（撒旦詩篇）" and "Midnight's Children（午夜的孩子）" author Salman Rushdie.
Kazuo Ishiguro, who was awarded the OBE（榮獲英帝國勛章的軍官）in 1995 for services to literature was fifth and Philip Pullman, author of "Northern Lights（北極光）" was sixth.
Nick Hornby, whose most recent novel "A Long Way Down" was short-listed for the 2005 Whitbread Novel Award was eighth followed by AS Byatt.
Jonathan Coe was joint tenth with spy novelist John Le Carr.
The magazine suggested 45 authors' names and its readers were invited to vote online.
Note：
OBE：Officer of the Order of the British Empire 的縮寫