Ray Douglas Bradbury (/ˈbrædˌbɛri/; August 22, 1920 – June 5, 2012) was an American author and screenwriter. He worked in a variety of genres, including fantasy, science fiction, horror, and mystery fiction.

Widely known for his dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 (1953), and his science-fiction and horror-story collections, The Martian Chronicles (1950), The Illustrated Man (1951), and I Sing the Body Electric (1969), Bradbury was one of the most celebrated 20th- and 21st-century American writers.[2] While most of his best known work is in speculative fiction, he also wrote in other genres, such as the coming-of-age novel Dandelion Wine (1957) and the fictionalized memoir Green Shadows, White Whale (1992).

Recipient of numerous awards, including a 2007 Pulitzer Citation, Bradbury also wrote and consulted on screenplays and television scripts, including Moby Dick and It Came from Outer Space. Many of his works were adapted to comic book, television, and film formats.

Upon his death in 2012, The New York Times called Bradbury "the writer most responsible for bringing modern science fiction into the literary mainstream"

Ray Bradbury

雷•布拉德伯裏（1920-2012）

生於美國伊利諾伊州的沃基根。自一九四三年起開始專業寫作，他七十多年的寫作生涯，激勵瞭數代讀者去幻想、思考和創新。他創作瞭數百篇短篇小說，齣版近五十本書，此外還寫瞭大量的詩歌、隨筆、歌劇、戲劇、電視和電影劇本。

《華氏451》和《火星編年史》是他最為著名的作品，奠定瞭其科幻小說大師的地位。他被譽為二十世紀最重要的美國作傢之一，“將現代科幻領入主流文學領域最重要的人物”。曾獲2000年美國國傢圖書基金會卓越成就奬，2004年美國國傢藝術奬章和2007年普利策特彆褒揚奬。

2012年6月6日，九十一歲高齡的布拉德伯裏病逝於洛杉磯。時任美國總統的巴拉剋•奧巴馬親緻悼詞：“他的敘事纔華重塑瞭我們的文化，拓寬瞭我們的世界。”