Sir Arthur Charles Clarke CBE FRAS (16 December 1917 – 19 March 2008) was an English science-fiction writer, science writer, futurist, inventor, undersea explorer, and television series host.
He co-wrote the screenplay for the 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey, one of the most influential films of all time. Clarke was a science fiction writer, an avid populariser of space travel, and a futurist of a distinguished ability. He wrote many books and many essays for popular magazines. In 1961, he received the Kalinga Prize, a UNESCO award for popularising science. Clarke’s science and science-fiction writings earned him the moniker “Prophet of the Space Age”. His science-fiction writings in particular earned him a number of Hugo and Nebula awards, which along with a large readership, made him one of the towering figures of the genre. 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 communication system using geostationary orbits. He was the chairman of the British Interplanetary Society from 1946–1947 and again in 1951–1953.
Clarke emigrated to Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in 1956, to pursue his interest in scuba diving. That year, he discovered the underwater ruins of the ancient Koneswaram Temple in Trincomalee. Clarke augmented his popularity in the 1980s, as the host of television shows such as Arthur C. Clarke’s Mysterious World. He lived in Sri Lanka until his death.
Clarke was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1989 “for services to British cultural interests in Sri Lanka”. He was knighted in 1998 and was awarded Sri Lanka’s highest civil honour, Sri Lankabhimanya, in 2005.
Arthur C. Clarke Biography / Wiki
| Name | Arthur C. Clarke |
| Also Know | アーサー・C・クラーク |
| Gender | Male |
| Known For | Writing |
| Place of Birth | Somerset, England |
| Date of Birth | December 16, 1917 |
| Age(as in 2023 Feb) | 90 |
| Deathday | 2008-03-19 |
Arthur C. Clarke Acting Movies
| Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
| Fractals: The Colors Of Infinity | Himself | 1995-01-01 | Explores the revolutionary world of Fractal Geometry – its far-reaching and often unexpected implications – its powerful and revolutionary application… |
| Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001 | Self | 2007-10-23 | This documentary about “2001: A Space Odyssey” looks at some of the things that seemed fanciful in 1968, which don’t seem quite as much anymore…. |
| 2001 and Beyond | Self | 2001-01-07 | Author Arthur C. Clarke and the cast and crew of Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 masterpiece “2001: A Space Odyssey” star in this documentary, released in the … |
| God, the Universe and Everything Else | Himself | 1988-01-01 | In a studio setting, Stephen Hawking, Arthur C. Clarke and Carl Sagan (who joins them via satellite) discuss the Big Bang theory, God, our existence a… |
| Sky Line | as himself (archive footage) | 2015-11-20 | The concept of an elevator to space is not new. In the world of Arthur C. Clarke, it is a natural progression. What most people don’t know is that men… |
| ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ – A Look Behind the Future | Self | 1966-01-01 | A short documentary about the making of Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey and its impact on the ’60s view of the future…. |
| ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ – What Is Out There? | Self (archive footage) | 2007-10-23 | Keir Dullea, interspersed with archive clips of Arthur C. Clarke, discusses the probability of extraterrestrial life…. |
| 2001: The Making of a Myth | Self | 2001-01-13 | The making of Stanley Kubrick’s classic space epic, presented by James Cameron, including unseen footage…. |
| To Mars by A-Bomb: The Secret History of Project Orion | Self | 2003-03-26 | Top scientists want to build a nuclear bomb-powered spaceship to visit Mars and the planets…. |
| Without Warning | Self | 1994-10-30 | A television program is interupted by a news network announcing that three meteors have hit the United States, France and China. At first it seems nat… |
Writing
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| 2001: A Space Odyssey | Novel | 1968-04-02 | Humanity finds a mysterious object buried beneath the lunar surface and sets off to find its origins with the help of HAL 9000, the world’s most advan… |
| 2001: A Space Odyssey | Screenplay | 1968-04-02 | Humanity finds a mysterious object buried beneath the lunar surface and sets off to find its origins with the help of HAL 9000, the world’s most advan… |
| 2010 | Novel | 1984-12-06 | While planet Earth poises on the brink of nuclear self-destruction, a team of Russian and American scientists aboard the Leonov hurtles to a rendezvou… |
| Trapped in Space | Novel | 1994-02-01 | After an accident during a routine trip to Venus, a spaceship has only enough oxygen left for three people… out of five on board…. |
| The Nine Billion Names of God | Writer | 2018-09-13 | … |
| Rescue Party | Writer | 1978-10-22 | Presents a story about a spaceship from the Galactic Federation which is given a mission to rescue the inhabitants of Earth before the Sun explodes…. |
| Rendezvous with Rama | Novel | Follows a group of space explorers tasked with intercepting an alien starship hurtling through the solar system…. | |
| The Fountains of Paradise | Novel | Film inspired by two things: an article written by a Thai woman who went Sri Lanka on a religious pilgrimage by climbing a holy mountain and sci-fi au… | |
| Novel | The peaceful alien invasion of Earth by the mysterious “Overlords,†whose arrival begins decades of apparent utopia under indirect alien rule, at … | ||
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