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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English Science fiction, Fiction, Fiction, science fiction, general, Science fiction, Science fiction, English, Fiction in English, Fiction, general, Romans, nouvelles, English Short stories, Fantasy fiction, Fiction, short stories (single author), Interviews, American Science fiction, Authors, english, British, English fiction, Fantasy literature, Twenty-first century, World War, 1939-1945, 823/.914, Advertising executives, Airplanes, American Fantasy fiction, American Short stories, AnachronismsPlaces
United States, Buenos Aires, China, England, Great Britain, London, London (England), Londres (Angleterre), Lucerne, Memphis, Orbis Tertius, Shanghai, Shanghai (China), Spain, Tlön, UqbarPeople
J. G. Ballard (1930-), Adolfo Bioy Casares, Ezra Buckley, Faucigny Lucinge, Herbert Ashe, J. G. Ballard (1930-2009), Jesus Christ, Jorge Luis Borges, Matthew Joseph Bruccoli (1931-)Time
20th century, 17th century, 1935-1947, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1944, 1947, 19e siècle, 19th century, 20e siècleID Numbers
- OLID: OL402789A
- ISNI: 000000012095562X
- VIAF: 9842556
- Wikidata: Q140201
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q140201
Alternative names
- James Graham Ballard
- James G. Ballard
- J G Ballard
- James G. BALLARD
- JAMES GRAHAM BALLARD
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