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Ray Bradbury born August 22, 1920, Waukegan, Illinois, U.S.—died June 5, 2012, Los Angeles, California.

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Ray Bradbury literary awards include the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters (2000), the O.

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As a boy, Bradbury attended several performances by Blackstone the Magician and, in 1931, was given a book on magic for his eleventh birthday. He was soon performing his own magic act for various service clubs and lodges, and was invited to appear at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall on Christmas Eve.

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Ray Douglas Bradbury was the son of telephone and power lineman Leonard Spaulding Bradbury and Esther Bradbury (née Moberg), an immigrant from Sweden.

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Ray Bradbury pulled out several of his stories to create what became Dandelion Wine,a story of a summer in the life of a twelve year old boy as he comes to understand what it means to be alive, which was published in 1957.

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3 things. (2019, septiembre 18). Ray Bradbury. https://raybradbury.com/13-things/

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Ray Bradbury inspired later luminaries such as Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, and Steven Spielberg, as well as countless other writers and creative artists.

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He received many honours for his work including an Emmy for his animated adaptation of The Halloween Tree (1994) and the National Medal of Arts (2004).

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Henry Prize (1947 and 1948), the Benjamin Franklin Award (1953-54), the World Fantasy Award for Lifetime Achievement (1977), the Grand Master Award from the Science Fiction Writers of America, and the PEN Center USA West Lifetime Achievement Award (1985).

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After graduating high school, he ended his formal education and found work selling newspapers. In 1943 he began his career as a writer, and in 1947 he published his first collection of short stories, Dark Carnival

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During World War II Bradbury's vision problems caused his local draft board to deem him ineligible for military service, but he went on to write radio spots for the Red Cross and scripts for the Los Angeles Department of Civil Defense

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Ray Bradbury published his final novel, Farewell Summer (2006), and was a sequel to Dandelion Wine (1957).

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Ray Bradbury. (2014, abril 2). Biography. https://www.biography.com/authors-writers/ray-bradbury

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Bradbury's first pay as a writer, at age 14, was for a joke he sold to George Burns to use on the Burns and Allen radio show.

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The New York Times called Bradbury "An author whose fanciful imagination, poetic prose, and mature understanding of human character have won him an international reputation" and "the writer most responsible for bringing modern science fiction into the literary mainstream".

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Ray’s favorite holiday was Halloween. He would host elaborate Halloween parties, always dress up. Halloween is featured in many of his stories.

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In a futuristic town, Guy Montag (played by Oskar Werner) works as a fireman but with an ironic twist: his job is to create bonfires of books, which have been banned. Montag is content with his life until several encounters lead him to hide books himself and, eventually, become a fugitive from the state.

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In 1953, Bradbury published his literary masterpiece Fahrenheit 451; the following year, the 34 year-old author received the National Institute of Arts and Letters Award for contributions to American literature.

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Personal life. Bradbury lived in his parents' home until, in 1947, at age 27, he married Marguerite McClure (January 16, 1922 – November 24, 2003). They remained married until her death.

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Museum, A. W. (2022, October 17). Ray Bradbury 101. The American Writers Museum. https://americanwritersmuseum.org/ray-bradbury-101/

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Braduburry , R. (2020, February 24). Bibliography. ThoughtCo. https://www.thoughtco.com/biography-of-ray-bradbury-4797153

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In 1938 Ray Bradbury contributes reviews and commentary to Blue and White Daily, the Los Angeles High School student newspaper. Graduates in June; starts selling newspapers in September from a street corner newsstand.