[Born]1930.11.15. Shanghai, China [Died] April 19, 2009. London, England. British novelist. Full name James Graham Ballard. Though he is popular for his science fiction novels set in an ecologically unbalanced world caused by excessive science and technology, he gained a wider readership with his autobiographical Empire of the Sun (1984, filmed in 1987) and Crash (1973, filmed in 1996), which explored the abnormal eroticism felt in car crashes. During World War II, he spent several years of his childhood in a Japanese prison camp in Shanghai. After the war, he returned to England and enrolled at King's College, Cambridge, but dropped out. He began writing short stories in the 1950s and began publishing full-length novels in the 1960s. His major works include the short story collection "The Voice of Time" (1960), "The Burning World" (1964), "The Crystal World" (1966), "Concrete Island" (1974), "Cocaine Nights" (1996), and "Super-Cannes" (2000). In 2008, he published his autobiography, "Miracles of Life". Ballad |
[生]1930.11.15. 中国,上海 [没]2009.4.19. イギリス,ロンドン イギリスの小説家。フルネーム James Graham Ballard。行き過ぎた科学技術が引き起こす生態学的にアンバランスな世界を背景とする SF小説で根強い人気を誇る一方,自伝的な『太陽の帝国』Empire of the Sun(1984,1987映画化)や,車の衝突事故で感じる異常なエロティシズムを探求した『クラッシュ』Crash(1973,1996映画化)でより広い読者層に知られた。第2次世界大戦中,少年時代の数年間を上海にあった日本軍の捕虜収容所で過ごす。戦後イギリスに帰国し,ケンブリッジ大学のキングズ・カレッジに入学するが中退。1950年代に短編小説を書き始め,1960年代からは長編小説も発表した。おもな作品に,短編集『時の声』The Voice of Time(1960),『燃える世界』The Burning World(1964),『結晶世界』The Crystal World(1966),『コンクリートの島』Concrete Island(1974),『コカイン・ナイト』Cocaine Nights(1996),『スーパー・カンヌ』Super-Cannes(2000)など。2008年に自伝 "Miracles of Life"を出版。 バラード
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