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Bradbury: Inspiring Curiosity
Ray Bradbury
Visionary fantasy author
He never went to school, but he was an avid reader.
Born in Illinois, on August 22, 1920
Bradbury learned from reading works of such writers as Leo Dostoevsky and Leo Tolstoy
He public over 600 short stories, novels, plays, poems, and essays
Fun facts
Bradbury was afraid of driving and flying
He didn't fly in a plain until he was 62
He didn't consider himself a science-fictioner writer
His first 2 books
It was his first major work
Is about how people from Earth try to colonize the Red Planet, and face unexpected consequences
This book is considered his masterpiece
It presents a dystopian society in the future, in wich books are banned, and firemen are hired to burn them
Interesting facts
Bradbury became a paid writer in 1941
The magazine Science Stories published his short story "Pendulum"
In 2004 Bradbury received a National Medal of Arts, and he was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
He also received
the Grand Master Award from Science Fiction Writers of America
Emmy Award for his work as a writer on "The Halloween Tree"
World Fantasy Award for Lifetime Achievement
