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Finding Out More About Our Author, Ray Bradbury

Finding Out More About Our Author, Ray Bradbury. Being Born. August 22, 1920 Illinois. As a Boy. fascinated with magicians, circuses, stories of Edgar Allan Poe. High School. Graduated from Los Angeles HS 1938. After Graduation. Days-Selling Newspapers on Street Corners

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Finding Out More About Our Author, Ray Bradbury

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  1. Finding Out More About Our Author, Ray Bradbury

  2. Being Born • August 22, 1920 • Illinois

  3. As a Boy • fascinated with magicians, circuses, stories of Edgar Allan Poe

  4. High School • Graduated from Los Angeles HS • 1938

  5. After Graduation • Days-Selling Newspapers on Street Corners • Nights-At Library & At Typewriter

  6. Early Interests • Influenced his writing • Best writer of fantasy and sci-fi

  7. Honors & Awards • National Institute of Arts and Letters • O.Henry Memorial Award • Benjamin Franklin Award • World Fantasy Award for Lifetime Achievement • Grand Master Award • PEN Center USA West Lifetime Achievement Award • Emmy Award • Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

  8. Short Stories & Books • More than 600 Short Stories • More than 30 books • Numerous plays, essays, and poems

  9. Assessing Your Understanding • What can we infer about the author since he has written over 600 short stories?

  10. School Readings • Short Stories Appear in More than 1000 school curriculums “recommended reading” Anthologies

  11. Still Loving Writing? • On the occasion of his 80th birthday in August 2000, Bradbury said, "The great fun in my life has been getting up every morning and rushing to the typewriter because some new idea has hit me. The feeling I have every day is very much the same as it was when I was twelve. In any event, here I am, eighty years old, feeling no different, full of a great sense of joy, and glad for the long life that has been allowed me. I have good plans for the next ten or twenty years, and I hope you''ll come along."

  12. Making Connections to the Author • Bradbury was 80 when he made this statement about writing. • When you are 80, what is something that you believe you will still love to do?

  13. Enjoy Reading “All Summer in a Day” 1954

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