J.G. Ballard

Writing

Personal Info

gender

Male

birthday

November 15, 1930

died

April 19, 2009

place of birth

Shanghai International Settlement, Republic of China [now Shanghai, China]

also known as

Shanghai Jim · James Graham Ballard

total credits

8 movies

Biography

James Graham Ballard (15 November 1930 – 19 April 2009) was an English novelist, short story writer, and essayist. Born in an international settlement in Shanghai to British parents before his family emigrated to the UK, Ballard began writing in the 1950s, becoming associated with the New Wave of science fiction with post-apocalyptic novels such as The Wind from Nowhere and The Drowned World.

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