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J. G. Ballard
James Graham Ballard (often "Jim"; 15 November 1930 – 19 April 2009) was an Englishnovelist, short story writer, and important member of the New Wave movement in science fiction.
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His best-known books are Crash (1973) and Empire of the Sun (1984).[1]
Life
[change | change source]Shanghai
[change | change source]Ballard's father was a chemist at a company called the Calico Printers Association.
The company was based in Manchester and made cloth. Ballard was born and raised in the Shanghai International Settlement, an area under foreign control where people "lived an American style of life".[2] He went to the Cathedral School in Shanghai.
After the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War, Ballard's family temporarily left their suburban home and rented a house in downtown Shanghai to avoid the shells fired by Chinese and Japanese forces.
After the Pearl Harbor attack, the Japanese occupied the International Settlement.
In early 1943 the