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RAY BRADBURY BIOGRAPHY

Ray Bradbury Biography
U.S. author, born in Waukegan, Ill., on Aug. 22, 1920. In his stories, Bradbury wove
together the intrigue of changing technology with insightful social commentary. One of
his best-known works was 'The Martian Chronicles'; a collection of interrelated stories
concerning colonization of the planet Mars those attracted readers both young and old. In
it, Bradbury portrayed the strengths and weaknesses of human beings as they encountered a
new world.
Ray Bradbury grew up in Waukegan and in Los Angeles, where he founded a magazine called
Futuria Fantasia while in high school. He sold his first short story when he was 21 years
old. His early stories were published in pulp magazines, but Bradbury later published
stories in such mainstream magazines as The New Yorker, Mademoiselle, and the Saturday
Evening Post. His science fiction and fantasy short-story collections included 'The
Martian Chronicles', 'The Illustrated Man', and 'Dinosaur Tales'.
Bradbury's 1980 collection, 'The Stories of Ray Bradbury', covers a wide range of topics,
none of which is truly science fiction. His novels included 'Fahrenheit 451', Dandelion
Wine, and 'Something Wicked This Way Comes'. 'Fahrenheit 451' was made into a motion
picture in 1966, and 'The Martian Chronicles' later appeared both as a motion picture and
a television miniseries.
In 1954 Bradbury was honored with an award from the National Institute of Arts and
Letters for his contribution to American literature. In 1956 he collaborated with John
Huston to create the screenplay for 'Moby Dick'. In addition to fiction Bradbury wrote
'Zen and the Art of Writing' and also published such dramas as 'The Anthem Sprinters',
'The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit, The Pedestrian', and volumes of poetry including 'When
Elephants Last in the Dooryard Bloomed', 'Where Robot Mice & Robot Men Run Around in
Robot Towns', and 'The Haunted Computer and the Android Pope'.
Bradbury's short film 'Icarus Montgolfier Wright' was nominated for an Academy award in
1963. Bradbury also wrote for television, including eight episodes of Alfred Hitchcock
Presents. His work was represented in hundreds of anthologies of poetry, science fiction,
short stories, and American literature. Bradbury received critical praise for the
precision and creativity of his writing and for the freshness of his imagery.
Science fiction. 
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