Shawshank
For the Egyptian pharaohs of the 22nd Dynasty, see Shoshenq.
Shawshank is a fictional Maine state prison that serves as the primary location in the eponymous story by Stephen King and its subsequent film adaptation, as well as being mentioned in several other King novels.
- Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption, a 1982 novella originally published in Different Seasons
- The Shawshank Redemption, a 1994 motion picture based on the novella.
References to Shawshank Prison are also found in many of King's other works, including:
- The Fifth Quarter (1972 short story)
- Apt Pupil (1982 novella), also published in Different Seasons
- The Body (1982 novella), also published in Different Seasons
- It (1986 novel)
- The Sun Dog (1990 short story), published in Four Past Midnight
- Needful Things (1991 novel)
- Dolores Claiborne (1992 novel)
- Bag of Bones (1998 novel)
- Blaze (2007 novel)
- Under the Dome (2009 novel)
- A Good Marriage (2010 novella) published in Full Dark, No Stars
- Haven (2010 TV series)
- 11/22/63 (2011 novel)
- The Flash, season 1, episode 12 (2014 TV series)
A reference to Shawshank Prison can also be found in the novel NOS4R2 by Joe Hill (King's son)
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