J G Ballard
/ˌdʒeɪ dʒiː ˈbælɑːd/
/ˌdʒeɪ dʒiː ˈbælɑːrd/
- James Graham Ballard (1930-2009) a British author born in China who is best known for his science fiction novels and short stories, and for Empire of the Sun (1984), about a boy's experiences in a Japanese prison camp during the Second World War. It was made into a film by Steven Spielberg in 1988.
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