THE SOUTH BANK SHOW AWARDS
PlayJK Rowling’s award scoop
Published: Tuesday, 4 December 2007, 12:11PM
JK Rowling has been awarded a lifetime achievement gong at The South Bank Show 2008 awards held at London's Dorchester Hotel.
The writer, who famously penned the wizarding novels in various café’s around Edinburgh, was "honoured to receive the prestigious award" at the ceremony that acknowledges creative talent from across the whole of the arts.
The Awards other big winners included:
Film
This Is England
Comedy
Gavin and Stacey (BBC Three)
TV Drama
The Mark of Cain (Channel 4)
Theatre
Saint Joan at the National Theatre
Pop
Arctic Monkeys: Favourite Worst Nightmare
Literature
Mohsin Hamid: The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Classical Music
Traced Overhead: The Musical World of Thomas Ades at the Barbican
Visual Arts
Andy Goldsworthy at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Opera
The Turn of The Screw at the ENO
Dance
Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company: Programmes 1 and 2 at Sadler’s Wells
Literature
Mohsin Hamid: The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Arts Council England - decibel Award
Daljit Nagra: Look We Have Coming To Dover
Outstanding Achievement Award
JK Rowling
