J. G. Ballard (1930–2009)
Auteur de L'Empire du soleil
A propos de l'auteur
J. G. Ballard was born to British parents in Shanghai, China on November 15, 1930. While a child during World War II, he spent four years in a Japanese POW camp. This experience was the basis for the emotionally moving novel Empire of the Sun, which he adapted into a successful movie, directed by afficher plus Steven Spielberg. Before becoming a full-time writer, he studied medicine at Cambridge University and served as a pilot in the British Royal Air Force. Ballard is best known for his science fiction writings. His early works were heavily influenced by surrealism. Most of his novels deal with death and destruction of the human spirit. Novels such as Crash, Concrete Island, and High Rise portray a society that is devolving into barbaric chaos. Crash was made into a movie by David Cronenberg in 1996. The Drowned World describes an apocalyptic society, with a hero that ushers in the destruction of the world. His novel Empire of the Sun was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and awarded the Guardian Fiction Prize and James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction. Empire of the Sun was filmed by Steven Spielberg in 1987, starring a young Christian Bale as Jim (Ballard). Ballard moved away from science fiction, but he is still considered one of the leading authors of the genre. He died on April 19, 2009 at the age of 78. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
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Séries
Œuvres de J. G. Ballard
The Atrocity Exhibition Annotated {{ THE ATROCITY EXHIBITION ANNOTATED }} By Ballard, J. G. ( AUTHOR) May-21-2001 (2001) 38 exemplaires
Phantastische Bibliothek, Die andere Zukunft, 7 Bde. 10 exemplaires
News from the sun 9 exemplaires
The Garden of Time [short story] 8 exemplaires
The Cage of Sand 8 exemplaires
The Recognition [short fiction] 8 exemplaires
Build-Up 7 exemplaires
The Subliminal Man 6 exemplaires
The Dying Fall 6 exemplaires
The Voices of Time {novella} 6 exemplaires
War Fever [short fiction] 5 exemplaires
The Intensive Care Unit 5 exemplaires
The Assassination Of John Fitzgerald Kennedy Considered As A Downhill Motor Race [short story] 5 exemplaires
Research No. 8/9 5 exemplaires
The watch-towers [short fiction] 5 exemplaires
La cible visée 5 exemplaires
End-game 5 exemplaires
The Man Who Walked on the Moon [short story] 5 exemplaires
Memories of the space age [short fiction] 4 exemplaires
Saggezza stellare: nel segno di Lovecraft racconti soprannaturali per il nuovo millennio (1997) 4 exemplaires
The enormous space [short fiction] 4 exemplaires
Storm-bird, storm dreamer [short fiction] 4 exemplaires
Prisoner of the Coral Deep [short story] 4 exemplaires
Report on an Unidentified Space Station 4 exemplaires
Zone of Terror [short story] 4 exemplaires
Now wakes the sea [short fiction] 4 exemplaires
Manhole 69 [short fiction] 4 exemplaires
Dream Cargoes 4 exemplaires
Answers to a questionnaire [short fiction] 3 exemplaires
The air disaster [short fiction] 3 exemplaires
Autòpsia del nou mil·lenni [Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona on es presenta entre el… (2008) 3 exemplaires
Pasaporte a la eternidad 3 exemplaires
A Corrida Selvagem 3 exemplaires
Say Goodbye to the Wind [short story] 3 exemplaires
Notes Toward A Mental Breakdown 3 exemplaires
Love In A Colder Climate 3 exemplaires
Mitos Del Futuro Proximo 3 exemplaires
The largest theme park in the world [short fiction] 3 exemplaires
Zodiac 2000 [short fiction] 3 exemplaires
The Venus Hunters [novelette] 3 exemplaires
The index [short fiction] 3 exemplaires
Contos Ficção Científica 3 exemplaires
Thirteen to Centaurus 3 exemplaires
The thousand dreams of Stellavista [short fiction] 3 exemplaires
Myths of the Near Future [short story] 3 exemplaires
Bilenio 2 exemplaires
El huracán cósmico 2 exemplaires
You and me and the continuum 2 exemplaires
A Guide to Virtual Death [short story] 2 exemplaires
Neil Armstrong Remembers His Journey To the Moon 2 exemplaires
Solens Rike 2 exemplaires
Having a Wonderful Time [short story] 2 exemplaires
Urania 487 - GLI SCULTORI DI NUVOLE 2 exemplaires
The Last World of Mr. Goddard [short story] 2 exemplaires
The Overloaded Man [short story] 2 exemplaires
Mr F. is Mr F. [short story] 2 exemplaires
The Singing Statues [short story] 2 exemplaires
Minus One [short story] 2 exemplaires
The Sudden Afternoon [short story] 2 exemplaires
The Waiting Grounds [novelette] 2 exemplaires
The Screen Game [novelette] 2 exemplaires
The day of forever [short fiction] 2 exemplaires
The Impossible Man [short story] 2 exemplaires
Tomorrow is a Million Years [short story] 2 exemplaires
Cry Hope, Cry Fury! [short story] 2 exemplaires
The Smile [short story] 2 exemplaires
The Autobiography of J.G.B. 2 exemplaires
The Man on the 99th Floor [short story] 2 exemplaires
Journey Across A Crater 2 exemplaires
The Dead Time [novelette] 2 exemplaires
Theatre of war 2 exemplaires
Studio 5, The Stars [novelette] 2 exemplaires
Motel Architecture [short story] 2 exemplaires
The Gentle Assassin [short story] 2 exemplaires
A Host of Furious Fancies [short story] 2 exemplaires
Dali. With An Introduction By J. G. Ballard. 1 exemplaire
Cataclismo Solar 1 exemplaire
Ciencia-ficcin̤ inglesa : (obras escogidas) 1 exemplaire
La exposición de atrocidades 1 exemplaire
The Drought - J. G. Ballard 1 exemplaire
The Garden Of Time - J. G. Ballard 1 exemplaire
The Subliminal Man - J. G. Ballard 1 exemplaire
The Wind From Nowhere - J. G. Ballard 1 exemplaire
BAL Super.Cannes 1 exemplaire
You Coma Marilyn Monroe - J. G. Ballard 1 exemplaire
PARA UNA AUTOPSIA DE LA VIDA COTIDIANA 1 exemplaire
PERANDORIA E DIELLIT 1 exemplaire
News From The Sun 1 exemplaire
Venise Des Écrivains 1 exemplaire
Ballard J.C. (James Graham Ballard) 1 exemplaire
Tutti i racconti (racconti) 1 exemplaire
Millenium People by J-G Ballard (2005-01-13) 1 exemplaire
J・G・バラード短編全集3 (終着の浜辺) 1 exemplaire
Terminal Beat 1 exemplaire
J. G. Ballard. Cauchemar à quatre dimensions : Ethe Four-dimensional nightmaree. Traduit de l'anglais par… (1963) 1 exemplaire
J・G・バラード短編全集1 (時の声) 1 exemplaire
Billennium - J. G. Ballard 1 exemplaire
The Drowned World [short story] 1 exemplaire
Concrete Island - J. G. Ballard 1 exemplaire
Brigid Marlin, Paintings in the Mische Technique 1 exemplaire
Empire of Sun X 1 exemplaire
The Draining Lake 1 exemplaire
Millennium [short fiction] 1 exemplaire
Venus smiles [short fiction] 1 exemplaire
My Invented Country 1 exemplaire
The assignation weapon [short fiction] 1 exemplaire
Project for a glossary of the Twentieth century 1 exemplaire
The Secret Autobiography of J.G.B. [short story] 1 exemplaire
Report from an Obscure Planet [short story] 1 exemplaire
Coitus 80 1 exemplaire
Jane Fonda’s Augmentation Mammoplasty 1 exemplaire
Mobile [short story] 1 exemplaire
EDWARD RUSCHA: MOUNTAINS AND PORTRAITS 1 exemplaire
The drowned world, The drought, The crystal world 1 exemplaire
Low Flying Aircraft And Other Stories 1 exemplaire
High-Rise - J. G. Ballard 1 exemplaire
The Illuminated Man 1 exemplaire
Kindness of Women - J. G. Ballard 1 exemplaire
Running Wild - J. G. Ballard 1 exemplaire
Millennium People - J. G. Ballard 1 exemplaire
Rushing to Paradise - J. G. Ballard 1 exemplaire
The Atrocity Exhibition - J. G. Ballard 1 exemplaire
Super-Cannes - J. G. Ballard 1 exemplaire
The Burning World - J. G. Ballard 1 exemplaire
The Cloud Sculptors of Coral D - J. G. Ballard 1 exemplaire
The Crystal World - J. G. Ballard 1 exemplaire
The Dead Astronaut - J. G. Ballard 1 exemplaire
Pasaporte a la eternidad 1 exemplaire
Condominium 1 exemplaire
Kingdom Come (P.S.) by J G Ballard (2007-07-02) 1 exemplaire
Ora: zero 1 exemplaire
Gente do mil©♭nio 1 exemplaire
Rød planet : en science fiction-antologi om Mars 1 exemplaire
Potopljeni svet 1 exemplaire
Imperiul soarelui 1 exemplaire
Собрание сочинений 1 exemplaire
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Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom légal
- Ballard, James Graham
- Date de naissance
- 1930-11-15
- Date de décès
- 2009-04-19
- Lieu de sépulture
- Kensal Green Cemetery, London, England, UK
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- Anglais
- Lieu de naissance
- Shanghai, China
- Lieu du décès
- London, England, UK
- Cause du décès
- prostate cancer
- Lieux de résidence
- Shanghai, Chine
Shepperton, Angleterre - Études
- Queen Mary College, University of London
King's College, University of Cambridge
Leys School, Cambridge - Professions
- schrijver
- Relations
- Walsh, Claire (long-time companion)
- Organisations
- Ambit
Chemistry and Industry
Royal Air Force - Prix et distinctions
- Guardian Fiction Prize (1984)
James Tait Black Memorial Prize (1984)
Commonwealth Writers' Prize (2001)
Golden PEN Award (2008)
BSFA Award for Best Novel (1979) - Agent
- Margaret Hanbury
- Courte biographie
- Born and brought up in colonial Shanghai comfort, young James Graham Ballard saw his life change forever when, in the aftermath of Pearl Harbour, Japanese forces swept into the city. The three years he spent in an internment camp moulded his view of "a world turned up-side down" and have constantly influenced his fiction.
Back in Britain, he abandoned his medical studies at Cambridge to become a full-time writer, and his first novel, The Drowned World, was published in 1962. As with many of his works, the wanderings of his characters' minds are charted as minutely as the external world they inhabit. The Drought, The Wind from Nowhere and The Crystal World all strengthened his reputation for bleak but beautiful chronicles of a post-Hiroshima age.
After the death of his wife in 1964, Ballard retreated to Shepperton by the River Thames to raise his three children. But if his surroundings were sleepy and suburban, his imagination remained at the cutting edge. When he produced Crash in 1973, legend has it that one publisher marked in her notes, "writer beyond psychiatric help". Crash, dealing with the erotic possibilities of car accidents, was well ahead of its time. Ballard himself called it "the first pornographic book based on technology" and David Cronenberg's film version in 1996 provoked six months' deliberation for the British censor.
Steven Spielberg's lavish production of Empire of the Sun, Ballard's autobiographical account of his childhood, brought the author financial security and public clamour for his earlier works. At this point, Ballard could have easily put down his pen.
Instead, he has continued to chart the struggle of a restless society, one caught between a need for security and a craving for the reckless. His latest novel, Millennium People, once again describes characters drawn to violence through technologically-induced boredom.
He once called himself "an architect of dreams, sometimes nightmares" and his seeming obsession with disaster, depravity and dystopia is not to everyone's taste. But, in this pop-bang throwaway age, JG Ballard remains curious and alert, reminding us, too, that "imagination itself is an endangered species".
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- Œuvres
- 285
- Aussi par
- 190
- Membres
- 33,740
- Popularité
- #571
- Évaluation
- 3.6
- Critiques
- 759
- ISBN
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- Favoris
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Un livre absolu. Mais finalement, j’ai quand même trouvé ça un peu lassant, comme un exercice de style à l’exécution parfaite