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Raymond Douglas Bradbury was born in Waukegan (Illinois) on 22nd of August 1920. This city was later also described in his stories under the name \"Green Town\". At the age of 14 years he moved to Arizona and later to Los Angeles where he finally finished school. His parents, who were book publishers, and his aunt Neva, a fan of fairytales, influenced Bradbury very much. As a child he liked comics, horror films and fantasy worlds. In 1934 he started writing short stories which mostly trade with science fiction, and published them in youth magazines or science-fiction-magazines.
By writing stories and even selling newspapers he earned a little money; in 1947 he published his first book called \"Dark Carnival\", an anthology of his short stories. He finally made the breakthrough as a highly acclaimed author with \"The Martian Chronicles\", later he wrote works like \"The Illustrated Man\" and \"Fahrenheit 451\" and he got prices like the \"Benjamin Franklin Award\" or the \"National Institute of Arts and letters Award in Literature\". An interesting fact concerning the success of his books is that \"The Illustrated Man\" has been a highly praised work, whereas \"Fahrenheit 451\", his most famous book, was judged as a story beneath contempt (by reviewers) because of the missing description of for instance the political system, the very optimistic ending.
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