Shawshank

Shawshank is a fictional Maine state prison that serves as the primary location in the eponymous story by Stephen King and its film adaptation.

• Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption, a 1982 novella originally published in Different Seasons
  • The Shawshank Redemption, a 1994 motion picture based on Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption

The prison is also mentioned 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)
• Needful Things (1991 novel)
• Dolores Claiborne (1992 novel)
• Bag of Bones (1998 novel)
• Blaze (2007 novel)
• Under the Dome (2009 novel)
• 11/22/63 (2011 novel)

The prison is also mentioned in the first season finale Spiral of the TV series Haven, based on King's book The Colorado Kid.

See also

• Shashank