J. G. Ballard

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British writer human novelist science fiction writer short story writer

J. G. Ballard was a British novelist and short story writer renowned for his dystopian, psychologically intense science fiction and influential works such as "Crash" and "Empire of the Sun."

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Label	Occurrences
J. G. Ballard canonical	14
James Graham Ballard	1

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instanceOf	British writer ⓘ human ⓘ novelist ⓘ science fiction writer ⓘ short story writer ⓘ
adaptedInto	Crash (1996 film) ⓘ Empire of the Sun ⓘ surface form: Empire of the Sun (1987 film)
awardReceived	Guardian Fiction Prize ⓘ James Tait Black Memorial Prize ⓘ
birthName	J. G. Ballard self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: James Graham Ballard
causeOfDeath	prostate cancer ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ surface form: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
dateOfBirth	1930-11-15 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	2009-04-19 ⓘ
describedAs	dystopian ⓘ influential science fiction author ⓘ psychologically intense ⓘ
educatedAt	Queen Mary College, University of London ⓘ surface form: Queen Mary University of London The Leys School ⓘ
familyName	Ballard ⓘ
genre	dystopian fiction ⓘ postmodern literature ⓘ science fiction ⓘ speculative fiction ⓘ
givenName	James ⓘ
influenced	cyberpunk literature ⓘ postmodern science fiction ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
militaryBranch	Royal Air Force ⓘ
movement	New Wave science fiction ⓘ
name	J. G. Ballard self-link ⓘ
notableWork	Cocaine Nights ⓘ Concrete Island ⓘ Crash ⓘ Empire of the Sun ⓘ High-Rise ⓘ Kingdom Come ⓘ Super-Cannes ⓘ The Atrocity Exhibition ⓘ The Crystal World ⓘ The Drowned World ⓘ Vermilion Sands ⓘ
occupation	essayist ⓘ novelist ⓘ science fiction writer ⓘ short story writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Shanghai ⓘ Shanghai International Settlement ⓘ
placeOfDeath	London, England ⓘ surface form: London London, England ⓘ
pseudonym	J. G. Ballard ⓘ
workFocus	dystopian landscapes ⓘ inner space ⓘ psychological themes ⓘ

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Jonathan Lethem → influencedBy → J. G. Ballard ⓘ

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this entity surface form: James Graham Ballard

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David Mitchell → influencedBy → J. G. Ballard ⓘ

British Science Fiction Association Award → hasNotableRecipient → J. G. Ballard ⓘ

Christopher Priest → influencedBy → J. G. Ballard ⓘ

Empire of the Sun → authorOfSourceWork → J. G. Ballard ⓘ

The Silence of Animals: On Progress and Other Modern Myths → influencedBy → J. G. Ballard ⓘ

High-Rise (score) → basedOnWorkAuthor → J. G. Ballard ⓘ

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Bret Easton Ellis → influencedBy → J. G. Ballard ⓘ

M. John Harrison → influencedBy → J. G. Ballard ⓘ