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  • NAME: J.G. Ballard
  • OCCUPATION: Author
  • BIRTH DATE: November 15, 1930
  • DEATH DATE: April 19, 2009
  • PLACE OF BIRTH: Shanghai International Settlement, China
  • PLACE OF DEATH: London, England
  • AKA: J.G. Ballard

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J.G. Ballard was an English novelist and a key figure in the New Wave movement in science fiction. He wrote Empire of the Sun and Crash.

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J.G. Ballard's boyhood in the International Settlement in China in the 1930s intensely influenced his later writings. Ballard was a key figure in the New Wave movement in science fiction, so much so, his work gave rise the adjective "Ballardian." He wrote Empire of the Sun (made into a film by Spielberg) and Crash. He has been called one of Britain's greatest writers since 1945. He died in 2006.

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