BSFA Award
1 appearances
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Edition 11 (1979) Winner
James Graham Ballard
ジェームズ・グラハム・バラード
Jēmuzu Gurahamu Barādo
Aliases:
J. G. Ballard
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1930-11-15 （Shanghai International Settlement）
- Died
- 2009-04-19 （London） age 78
- Nationality
- United Kingdom, England
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Atheist
- Residence History
- Shanghai → Plymouth → Cambridge → Shepperton
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, short-story writer, satirist, essayist
- Active Years
- 1956-2009
- Affiliations
- New Worlds magazine, Ambit magazine
- Influenced By
- Surrealist painters
- Influenced
- William Gibson, Bruce Sterling
- Nominations
- Booker Prize shortlist (Empire of the Sun, 1984)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lunghua Academy | — | General Education | — | 1943-1945 | China |
| The Leys School | — | — | — | 1940s | UK |
| King's College, Cambridge | Medical School | Medicine | — | 1949 | UK |
| Queen Mary University of London | Faculty of English | English Literature | — | 1951 | UK |
Lunghua Academy
General Education
Period:
1943-1945
Country:
China
School in internment camp during WWII
The Leys School
Period:
1940s
Country:
UK
King's College, Cambridge
Medical School
/ Medicine
Period:
1949
Country:
UK
Dropped out
Queen Mary University of London
Faculty of English
/ English Literature
Period:
1951
Country:
UK
Dropped out
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | BSFA Award for Best Novel | The Unlimited Dream Company | 最優秀小説 | British Science Fiction Association | 受賞 |
| 1984 | Guardian Fiction Prize | Empire of the Sun | — | The Guardian | 受賞 |
| 1984 | James Tait Black Memorial Prize | Empire of the Sun | フィクション | University of Edinburgh | 受賞 |
| 2001 | Commonwealth Writers' Prize | Super-Cannes | ヨーロッパ・南アジア地域 | — | 受賞 |
BSFA Award for Best Novel
1979
Work:
The Unlimited Dream Company
Category:
最優秀小説
Organization:
British Science Fiction Association
Result:
受賞
Guardian Fiction Prize
1984
Work:
Empire of the Sun
Organization:
The Guardian
Result:
受賞
James Tait Black Memorial Prize
1984
Work:
Empire of the Sun
Category:
フィクション
Organization:
University of Edinburgh
Result:
受賞
Commonwealth Writers' Prize
2001
Work:
Super-Cannes
Category:
ヨーロッパ・南アジア地域
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
James Tait Black Memorial Prizes
1 appearances
-
Edition 66 (1984) Winner
Tähtivaeltaja Award
1 appearances
-
Edition 19 (2004) Winner
Works
Major Works
Empire of the Sun
1984 War novelSemi-autobiographical novel about a British boy in Japanese-occupied Shanghai.
WarInternmentPsychology
Adaptations
- [Film] Empire of the Sun / Steven Spielberg (1987)
Translations
- Japanese translation available
Bibliography
- The Wind from Nowhere
- The Drowned World
- The Burning World
- The Crystal World
- The Atrocity Exhibition
- Crash
- High-Rise
Adaptations
- Empire of the Sun (film, Spielberg)
- Crash (film, Cronenberg)
- High-Rise (film, Wheatley)
Translations of Works
- Numerous Japanese translations
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- DystopianNew Wave SFPsychological provocation
- Recurring Motifs
- Technology and psychologyMass mediaDystopian modernity
Health
-
Prostate cancer2006-2009Terminal, metastasised to spine and ribs, continued writing
Legacy
Key figure in New Wave SF, inspired 'Ballardian'. Archives at British Library.
Archives
- British Library J.G. Ballard Archive
In Popular Culture
- 2024 Met Gala theme 'The Garden of Time'
- Influence on music (Joy Division, etc.)
Quotes
-
You can't go through the experience of war without one's view of the world being forever changed.
Source: Miracles of Life (2008)
Trivia
- Born in Shanghai, interned by Japanese. Wife died of pneumonia in 1964.