Bradbury, Ray Douglas

Bradbury, Ray DOUGLAS (Bradbury, Ray Douglas) (p. 1920), American science fiction writer. August 22, 1920 in Uokegane (pc. Illinois). Composing began at age 12. His first short story published in 1941, after which many were published in journals. For the first collection of short stories "Grim Carnival" (Dark Carnival, . 1947) came "The Martian Chronicles" (The Martian Chronicles, . 1950) - a chain of linked short stories about the general plot pragmatics-earth, . exploiting and corrupting an idyllic minded Martians,
. The novel is a classic science fiction and best-known product of Bradbury
. Among the most significant collections of his "Man in the pictures" (The Illustrated Man, . 1951), . "Golden Apples of the Sun" (The Golden Apples of the Sun, . 1953), . "October Country" (The October Country, . 1955), . "The treatment of melancholia" (A Medicin for Melancholy, . 1959), . "Mechanisms of joy" (The Machineries of Joy, . 1964), . "I sing the body electric!" (I Sing the Body Electric, . 1969), . "Quick View" (Quicker Than the Eye, . 1996) and "carrying a blind man" (The Driving Blind, . 1997),


. Author of novels "451 б° Fahrenheit" (Fahrenheit 451, . 1953), . filmed in 1967 with the participation of F. Truffaut, Julie Christie and Oskar Werner, "Dandelion Wine" (Dandelion Wine, . 1957), . Romanized poetic autobiography, . imbued with deep feeling and longing for the innocence of childhood and the simple life in small towns, "Something terrible is coming" (Something Wicked This Way Comes, . 1962); "midnight" (Long After Midnight, . 1977), "Death - the inheritance of single" (Death is a Lonely Business, . 1985); "Cemetery for lunatics" (Graveyard for Lunatics, . 1990),
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Bradbury's works are included in more than 800 anthologies. He also owned collections of poetry, stories for children, detective stories, screenplays (special place is occupied by the screenplay of "Moby Dick"). Bradbury - author and presenter of TV 'Ray Bradbury Theater'.

In 2000, Bradbury was awarded the Medal of the National Book Foundation award for outstanding contribution to American literature.