Ray Bradbury: Author of Fahrenheit 451 Dies at 91
June 5, 2012
Ray Bradbury was an American author. Born on August 22, 1920, in Waukegan, Illinois, he moved to Los Angeles as a teenager and never went to college.
He wrote The Martian Chronicles, The Illustrated Man and Fahrenheit 451 (1953), a novel about book burning. He wrote hundreds of short stories and screenplays, including for John Huston's Moby Dick.
He received a Pulitzer Prize special citation in 2007 and the National Medal of Arts. Bradbury died in Los Angeles on June 5, 2012, at age 91.
Achievements: National Medal of Arts, Pulitzer special citation (2007).
Birth: August 22, 1920 - Waukegan, Illinois.
Profession: Author.
Interesting Facts: He never learned to drive.