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•布拉德伯里（1920-2012）

生于美国伊利诺伊州的沃基根。自一九四三年起开始专业写作，他七十多年的写作生涯，激励了数代读者去幻想、思考和创新。他创作了数百篇短篇小说，出版近五十本书，此外还写了大量的诗歌、随笔、歌剧、戏剧、电视和电影剧本。

《华氏451》和《火星编年史》是他最为著名的作品，奠定了其科幻小说大师的地位。他被誉为二十世纪最重要的美国作家之一，“将现代科幻领入主流文学领域最重要的人物”。曾获2000年美国国家图书基金会卓越成就奖，2004年美国国家艺术奖章和2007年普利策特别褒扬奖。

2012年6月6日，九十一岁高龄的布拉德伯里病逝于洛杉矶。时任美国总统的巴拉克•奥巴马亲致悼词：“他的叙事才华重塑了我们的文化，拓宽了我们的世界。”