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Ray Douglas Bradbury ( US: / ˈbrædbɛri / BRAD-berr-ee; August 22, 1920 – June 5, 2012) was an American author and screenwriter. One of the most celebrated 20th-century American writers, he worked in a variety of genres, including fantasy, science fiction, horror, mystery, and realistic fiction.
Jul 26, 2024 · Ray Bradbury, American author known for his highly imaginative short stories and novels that blend a poetic style, nostalgia for childhood, social criticism, and an awareness of the hazards of runaway technology. Perhaps his best-known book is Fahrenheit 451.
Jul 22, 2020 · Our guide to the essential Ray Bradbury books, starting with the book-burning dystopia that made him a household name — 'Fahrenheit 451'.
Apr 2, 2014 · Ray Bradbury was an American fantasy and horror author who rejected being categorized as a science fiction author, claiming that his work was based on the fantastical and unreal. His best known...
Learn about the life and times of one of America’s most celebrated writers. Discover Bradbury’s novels, short stories, children’s literature, poetry, essays, and plays. Explore Bradbury the visionary, who predicted future inventions and technologies that would one day alter our everyday lives.
His timeless, constant appeal to audiences young and old has proven him to be one of the truly classic authors of the 20th century—and the 21st.’. During a career that spanned seventy-plus years, Ray Bradbury wrote more than 400 short stories and nearly fifty books across a variety of genres.
Jun 8, 2012 · Ray Bradbury didn't like negative people. The science-fiction writer and author of Fahrenheit 451 told Terry Gross in 1988 that he found out about negative people in fourth grade, shortly...
Jun 6, 2012 · Ray Bradbury, a master of science fiction whose imaginative and lyrical evocations of the future reflected both the optimism and the anxieties of his own postwar America, died on Tuesday in Los...
Jun 6, 2012 · Author Ray Bradbury died last night after a long illness. He was 91 years old. He wrote such classics as "The Martian Chronicles" and "Fahrenheit 451" - futuristic tales from...
Aug 1, 2024 · Fahrenheit 451, dystopian novel, first published in 1953, that is regarded as perhaps the greatest work by American author Ray Bradbury and has been praised for its stance against censorship and its defense of literature as necessary both to the humanity of individuals and to civilization.