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J. G. Ballard

James Graham Ballard was born and raised in the International Settlement in Shanghai, China to a chemist. In 1943 the Japanese occupied the International Settlement and Ballard's family was sent to the Lunghua Civilian Assembly Center, where they were interned for two years until the end of World War II. In 1946, Ballard went to England with his mother and sister, and stayed on in England after his mother and sister returned to China to rejoin his father. In 1949 he went to King's College, Cambridge to study medicine, but he began writing fiction and abandoned medicine in 1952 to pursue writing. In 1953 he joined the Air Force and was sent to the Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan to train. There he discovered science fiction in and he began to write science fiction. He left the RAF in 1954 and returned to England. In 1956 he published his science fiction story. In 1960 he committed to writing full-time.

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Born 15 November 1930
Died 19 April 2009

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  • Cover of: Empire of the sun

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  • Cover of: The Drought

    First published in 1965 — 15 editions
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  • Cover of: The Book of fantasy

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Born 15 November 1930
Died 19 April 2009

Subjects

Fiction, Fiction, general, English Science fiction, Fiction, science fiction, general, Fiction, psychological, Fiction, short stories (single author), Science fiction, World War, 1939-1945, Fiction in English, Authors, english, Authors, biography, England, fiction, English fiction, Science fiction, English, Africa, fiction, Fiction, dystopian, World war, 1939-1945, fiction, American Science fiction, China, fiction, English Novelists, English Short stories, Fantasy fiction, Fiction, fantasy, general, History, Literature

Places

Great Britain, Shanghai (China), Central Africa, China, England, Islands of the Pacific, London, Sahara, Shanghai, United States, Buenos Aires, Las Vegas, London (England), Londres (Angleterre), Lucerne, Manhattan, Memphis, Orbis Tertius, Spain, Tlön, Uqbar, the Bering Strait

People

J. G. Ballard (1930-), J. G. Ballard (1930-2009), Adolfo Bioy Casares, Damien Hirst (1965-), Douglas Gordon (1966-), Eduardo Paolozzi (1924-2005), Edward Hopper (1882-1967), Edward Ruscha (1937-), Ezra Buckley, Faucigny Lucinge, Helmut Newton (1920-2004), Herbert Ashe, Jeff Koons (1955-), Jesus Christ, Jorge Luis Borges, Matthew Joseph Bruccoli (1931-), Richard Hamilton (1922-), Richard Prince (1949-)

Time

20th century, 17th century, 1935-1947, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1944, 1947, 19e siècle, 19th century, 20e siècle, 21st century, Late 20th century

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  • JAMES GRAHAM BALLARD

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April 22, 2024 Edited by MARC Bot move website to links
September 29, 2023 Edited by Сергей Малышев Added new photo
April 5, 2023 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
April 5, 2023 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import