J. G. Ballard - Wikipedia
James Graham Ballard (15 November 1930 – 19 April 2009) [2] was an English novelist and short-story writer, satirist and essayist known for psychologically provocative works of fiction that explore the relations between human psychology, technology, sex and mass media. [3]
J.G. Ballard | British Sci-Fi Author & Novelist | Britannica
Nov 11, 2024 · J.G. Ballard was a British author of science fiction set in ecologically unbalanced landscapes caused by decadent technological excess. The son of a British business executive based in China, Ballard spent four years of his boyhood in a Japanese prison camp near Shanghai during World War II.
James Ballard's Poisoned Jungle
Author of Poisoned Jungle and blogger. A former Vietnam combat medic, entrepreneur, and beekeeper.
J. G. Ballard, Novelist, Is Dead at 78 - The New York Times
Apr 21, 2009 · J. G. Ballard, a writer of dystopian, literary fiction whose novels and short stories of a contemporary society in insidious thrall to technology, the media and relentless progress both expanded...
About James Ballard — James Ballard's Poisoned Jungle
James Ballard intimately knows the subject matter explored in Poisoned Jungle. His tour as a medic in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta altered the course of his life. War has consequences, and he has not only lived with them, but spent a lifetime examining the impact of Vietnam on his and other veteran’s lives. In that regard, Poisoned Jungle, the ...
About Poisoned Jungle — James Ballard's Poisoned Jungle
In Poisoned Jungle, James Ballard forcefully captures a medic’s fears, confusion and strength on the ground in Vietnam in prose that mirrors the best of Tim O’Brien. But his story goes deeper, in the eloquent depiction of the struggle to readjust to stateside life, a flight to find oneself, and an eventual landing spot away from the clatter ...
J.G. Ballard (Author of High-Rise) - Goodreads
Apr 19, 2009 · James Graham "J. G." Ballard (15 November 1930 – 19 April 2009) was an English novelist, short story writer, and essayist. Ballard came to be associated with the New Wave of science fiction early in his career with apocalyptic (or post-apocalyptic) novels such as The Drowned World (1962), The Burning World (1964), and The Crystal World (1966).
J.G. Ballard: My Favorite Books - The MIT Press Reader
Feb 8, 2024 · James Graham “J.G.” Ballard (1930-2009) was a British author and journalist. Best known for his dystopic works of science fiction, his novels include “Crash” (1973) and “High-Rise” (1975).
J. G. Ballard - Literature - British Council
Biography. Novelist, essayist and short-story writer J (ames) G (raham) Ballard was born in Shanghai, China on 15 November 1930. His family was interned by the Japanese during the Second World War, returning to Britain in 1946. Ballard read Medicine at King's College, Cambridge, and later studied English at London University.
J. G. Ballard - British and Irish Literature - Oxford Bibliographies
Oct 25, 2018 · James Graham Ballard (hereafter J. G. B.), was born in 1930 (d. 2009) into an English expatriate family and raised in the International Settlement, Shanghai, China. His childhood was interrupted by the Japanese invasion of 1937, and in 1943 he and his family were interned by the Japanese.
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