Birthday
1930-11-15
Died
2009-04-19
Birthplace
Shanghai International Settlement, Republic of China [now Shanghai, China]
Gender
Male
Known For
Writing
James Graham Ballard 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. (Wikipedia)
