J G Ballard, author behind Empire of the Sun and Crash, dies aged 78
By
James White
Last updated at 8:00 PM on 19th April 2009
Acclaimed science fiction writer J G Ballard died today following a lengthy battle with illness.
The award-winning novelist and short story writer, best known for Empire of the Sun about his childhood struggle to survive in a Chinese internee camp, was ill 'for several years', his agent Margaret Hanbury said.
It was 'with great sadness' that he died this morning, she added.
Despite regularly being referred to as a science fiction writer, Ballard says what he was really doing was "picturing the psychology of the future".........
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