FARENHEIT 451 Ray Bradbury
Tertulias literarias Literatur Solasaldiak Literary Circle
Errenteriako Biblioteka 2018 / 12 / 19
Ray Bradbury Ray Bradbury, American novelist,short story writer, essayist,playwright,screenwriter and poet was born August 22, 1920 iWaukegan, Illinois. He graduatedfrom a Los Angeles high school in 1938. Although his formal education ended there, he became a "student of life," selling newspapers on L.A. street corners from 1938 to 1942, spending his nights in the public library and his days at the typewriter. He became a full-time writer in 1943, and contributed numerous short stories to periodicals before publishing a collection of them, Dark Carnival, in 1947. In all, Bradbury has published more than thirty books, close to 600 short stories, and numerous poems, essays, and plays. Married since 1947, Mr. Bradbury and his wife Maggie lived in Los Angeles with their numerous cats. Together, they raised four daughters and had eight grandchildren. Bradbury died in Los Angeles, California, on June 5, 2012, at the age of 91, after a lengthy illness. Bradbury's personal library was willed to the Waukegan Public Library, where he had many of his formative reading experiences.
Selected works Novels ·(1950) The Martian Chronicles – Fix-up novel consisting of mostly previously published, loosely connected stories. ·(1953) Fahrenheit 451 ·(1957) Dandelion Wine – Fix-up novel of mostly previously published, loosely connected stories. ·(2002) Let's All Kill Constance ·(2006) Farewell Summer ·Short Story Collections: ·(1947)
Dark Carnival
Fahrenheit 451 Fahrenheit 451 is a dystopian novel firstpublished in 1953. The novel presents a future American society where books are outlawed and "firemen" burn any that are found. The book's tagline explains the title: "Fahrenheit 451 – the temperature at which book paper catches fire, and burns..." The lead character, Guy Montag, is a fireman who becomes disillusioned with his role of censoring literature and destroying knowledge, eventually quitting his job and committing himself to the preservation of literary and cultural writings.
Reviews ·“Frightening in its implications... Mr Bradbury´s account on this insane
world, whiche bears many alarming resemblances to our own, is fascinating!” (The New York Times) ·“Fahrenheit 451 still resonates. Books censorship has never gone away,
after all. But, as many people in the Reading Group have pointed out, it's also a book that clearly reflects its time.” (The Guardian)
Interesting links ·Official Web: ·http://www.raybradbury.com
· 10 Things You Should Know About Ray Bradbury: ·http://mentalfloss.com/article/52385/10-things-you-should-know-about-ray-
bradbury
· The Paris Review, Ray Bradbury, The Art of Fiction No. 203: ·https://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/6012/ray-bradbury-the-art-of-fiction-
no-203-ray-bradbury
·Our coordinator´s blog (ENG/ESP) ·https://donostiabookclub.blogspot.com