American literature actively influences the worldview of mankind. Detective stories, melodramas, science fiction, created by the authors of the United States have long become classics. Ray Bradbury is a brilliant representative of the literary world in the fantasy genre.
The full name of the writer is Ray Douglas Bradbury. He was born in the small American town of Waukegan (Illinois) on August 22, 1920. In 1934, the family of the future writer moved to Los Angeles. There Bradbury entered and graduated from high school. The famous author did not have good relations with higher education, he never graduated from the university.
Fascinated by the charm and familyiness of his hometown, Bradbury from an early age dreamed of a career as a writer, populating small streets in his imagination with technologies unimaginable at that time. A fan of reading comics, the future famous author began to write stories and publish in local publications (1938).
Who is Ray Bradbury, America learned in 1950, when his "Martian Chronicles", written in a sci-fi style, was published. Three years later, the dystopian novel "Fahrenheit 451" was published, which brought the writer worldwide fame. Some of his most popular subsequent works: "Death is a lonely affair", "Wine from dandelions" (autobiography), "Let's all kill Constance."
The cinema could not pass by the fantastic works that the public liked so much. In 1966, director François Truffaut filmed Fahrenheit 451. According to numerous stories by Ray Bradbury, mini-series were filmed.
Ray Bradbury has received numerous literary awards. Among them - the Hugo Prize (for achievements in the genre "Fantasy") and the Nebula Prize. For his development and contribution to all literary genres, in 2000, Ray Bradbury was awarded the National Book Award Medal.
The writer lived in Los Angeles, where he died on June 6, 2012. At that time, Ray Bradbury was 91 years old. The author's huge cultural heritage (27 novels, collections and more than 600 stories) will allow him to plunge into unprecedented worlds for many years. The author himself liked to say that he prefers not to think about death, because he has in reserve 200-300 additional years. They will be provided by films based on his stories and books written by him.
