Arthur C. Clarke

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Aliases:
อาร์เธอร์ ซี. คลาร์ก, आर्थर सी. क्लार्क, Arthur Charles Clarke, and 71 others Arthur Cl Clarke, ארתור צ'רלס קלרק, Charles Willis, Adŏ C Kʻŭllakʻŭ, আর্থার সি ক্লার্ক, E.G. O'Brien, Artur Klark, A. C Clarke, Kʿei-la-kʿi, Артур Кларк, Artur Charlz Klark, アーサー C.クラーク, Clarke, A. C. Clarke, Arthur Ch Clarke, Артур Ч. Кларк, ආතර් සී ක්ලාක්, ארתור סי. קלארק, アーサー・C・クラーク, arthur c. clarke, كلارك، آرثر تشارلز،, ആർതർ സി. ക്ലാർക്ക്, ארתור סי קלארק, E. G. O'Brien, 亞瑟·查理斯·克拉克, 아서C클라크, Arthurus Clarke, Artur C. Ḳlarḳ, Արթուր Կլարկ, Ase C Kelake, А. Ч Кларк, Adŏ C. Kʻŭllakʻŭ, アーサー・C. クラーク, ართურ კლარკი, Кларк, Arthur C. Clark, کلارک، آرتور سى, Artur Charlz Clarke, Āsā C. Kurāku, Ase C. Kelake, A. Klark, Ke la ke, Arthur Charles Clark, Kei-la-ki, A Klark, ஆர்தர் சி. கிளார்க், Artur C. Klark, آرثر سي. كلارك،, Arturs Klārks, Kʻei-la-kʻi, Артър Кларк, Артур Чарльз Кларк, Artur C Ḳlarḳ, Asa C. Kuraku, Āsā C Kurāku, Ado C. Kullaku, Ārtūr Sī Klārk, آرتور سی. کلارک, Artur Tsʿarles Ḳlarḳ, ארתור צ'ארלס קלארק, Ārtūr Sī Clārk, آرثر سي كلارك, Arthur C. Clarke, A.C. Clarke, Артур Чарлз Кларк, Arthur Clarke, Arthour Klark, Artur Charlẓ Klark, Άρθουρ Κλαρκ, Artur Si Clark, Adŏ C. Kʿŭllakʿŭ
Born:
Dec. 16, 1917
Died:
March 19, 2008

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Sir Arthur Charles Clarke CBE FRAS was a British science fiction writer, science writer and futurist, inventor, undersea explorer, and television series host.

He is famous for being co-writer of the screenplay for the 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey, widely considered to be one of the most influential films of all time. Clarke was a science writer, who was both an avid populariser of space travel and a futurist of uncanny ability. On these subjects he wrote over a dozen books and many essays, which appeared in various popular magazines. In 1961 he was awarded the Kalinga Prize, an award which is given by UNESCO for popularising science. These along with his science fiction writings eventually earned him the moniker "Prophet of the Space Age". His other science fiction writings earned him a number of Hugo and Nebula awards, which along with a large readership made him one of the towering figures of science fiction. For many years Clarke, Robert Heinlein and Isaac Asimov were known as the "Big Three" of science fiction.

Clarke was a lifelong proponent of space travel. In 1934, while still a teenager, he joined the British Interplanetary Society. In 1945, he proposed a satellite …

Books by Arthur C. Clarke