JK Rowling Scores French Knighthood
French president Nicolas Sarkozy inducted Harry Potter author JK Rowling the French Legion of Honor on Tuesday - one of the country's highest honors.
Sarkozy hailed the English author for enchanting French kiddies with her wizard tales.
"Thanks to this internationally renowned saga, you have contributed to giving young people the taste for reading again. With you, they understand that reading is not punishment, but a source of pleasure," said the prez.
This is the second French Legion of Honor in Miz Rowling's family.
Her French great-grandfather received the honor for battlefield courage during World War I.
Rowling commented, "I cannot say that I think that I truly deserve it, but the Legion of Honor has a particular and personal meaning."
The Legion of Honor is France's elite national merit society. Although foreigners cannot be officially inducted, they are routinely made honorary recipients.
Past recipients include director Steven Spielberg and singer Barbra Streisand.
[Image via AP Photo.]
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harry is waving his magic wand at the French right now.
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she's great-wrote HP while on the dole in tea shops.kudos.
french legion of honor………haha
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magic wand fist?
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So true! I totally agree
I think she singlehandedly made reading popular again for young people and that's no small feat in the age where there are video games to play and TV to watch!
Congratulations !
I think she deserves it for making millions of children all over the world read books again
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Possibly the most wealthy and most hideous creature in France…I'd bang her
Love those flowers!!!!
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…the most amazing books i have ever read
congratulations!
Stupide!!
Cha Ching….that is all this woman hears..ker plop ker plop..that is all I hear.
JK is a bad ass bitch. Well deserved.
This is like a being a Kentucky Colonel..
She is an amazing writer and an incredibly wise person. She totally deserves such a huge honor
i'm really happy for her.
She is SCOTTISH Perez, not English!! How many times do we have to tell you these things!
congrats Jo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i love harry potter i used to hate books but since i read harry potter when i was eleven those books made me realize that reading is good and fun thanks to harry potter i read more i love HP thanks rowling i love you!!
wow…said that awards such as this and being knighted (see sir paul mccartney lmao) are being given no longer to warriors or leaders who actually do hard, world altering deeds…now they go to writers and actressess…..8P
She's not an English author, but a Scottish one.
BORING!!!!
I'll bet she said " I hope I'm getting paid for this".
ENGLISH author? You think someone English could come up with something like that? She's Scottish, you moron. Lived in Edinburgh, now lives outside Aberfeldy. S-C-O-T-T-I-S-H. How stupid are you?