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Birth
Born in Waukegan, Illinois.
Given the middle name "Douglas," after the actor Douglas Fairbanks.
He was the last out of three sons of Leonard Spaulding Bradbury and Esther Marie Moberg Bradbury. -
moving
The Bradbury family moved back and forth between Waukegan and Tucson, Arizona between 1926 and 1933.
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Selling Newspapers
He sold newspapers on the steets of LA
He spent his days in the local library, and his nights on the typewriter.
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Graduated
Bradbury graduated from Los Angeles High School. He was in drama club. He did not go to college.
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1st Work
He published his first work that was a short story titled, "Pendelum" in the Pulp magazine, Super Science Stories.
He became a full time writer in 1942
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Married
He published, "Dark Carnival" a collection of short stories.
He got maried that year to Margerite McCulre.
They had four children and eight grandchildren
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International fame!
Based off a Roman and Greek mythology, he published the story collection "The Martian Caronicles"
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Farenheit 451
After following Yevgeni Zamyatin and Aldous Huzley (anti-Utopian writers) R.B. wrote his best known work, "Farenheit 451"
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Farenheit 451 Film
A film was made after the book "Farenheit 451," by director 'Francois Truffaut'. It recieved several nominations.
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The Martian Chronicals Film
Ray Bradbury was not happy with this film.
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Fears
R.B. had the fear of drivng and flying.
He never learned to drive, and never flew in an airplane until October, 1982 -
Episode Program
"Bradbury 13," was a 13 episode program based on many of his stories by , 'National Public Radio.' -
National Medal of Arts
Bradbury was given the National Medal of Arts and a star on the Hollywood walk of fame at 6644 Hollywood Blvd.
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Dandelion Wine
In his honor, an astroid was named, "9766 Bradbury"
A crater on the moon was named "Dandelion Crater" after Bradbury's novel, "Dandelion Wine" by the Apollo astronaut.
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Awards and Honors
Bradbury recieved many awards and honors including the World Fantasy Award, the Grand Master Award, and an Emmy Award for 'The Halloween Tree.'
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Death
Age 91, Bradbury died in Los Angelese, California