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Tom Sykes Royalist Correspondent Updated Jul. 12, 2017 3:16PM EDT Published Mar. 14, 2015 6:55AM EDT Arthur C Clarke called this place his "ego chamber." And now, in a state of disbelief,.
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Sir Arthur Charles Clarke CBE FRAS (16 December 1917 - 19 March 2008) was an English science fiction writer, science writer, futurist, [3] inventor, undersea explorer, and television series host. He co-wrote the screenplay for the 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey, widely regarded as one of the most influential films of all time.
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Arthur C. Clarke (born December 16, 1917, Minehead, Somerset, England—died March 19, 2008, Colombo, Sri Lanka) English writer, notable for both his science fiction and his nonfiction. His best known works are the script he wrote with American film director Stanley Kubrick for 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) and the novel of that film.
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The science-fiction author Arthur C Clarke yesterday denied a newspaper claim that he is a paedophile. None the less, he asked that his knighthood ceremony be postponed so not to embarrass.
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Writer Arthur C. Clarke has died in Sri Lanka. He was 90. He's best known for writing 2001: A Space Odyssey, but he wrote many dozens of science fiction novels. Clarke, a trained scientist who.
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Clarke Portrait of Clarke by H R Premaratne As a man of letters, Arthur C Clarke was well integrated with the literary and cultural circles in Sri Lanka. He befriended many local writers, painters and musicians, supported their creative endeavours and promoted them internationally whenever possible.
Sir Arthur C. Clarke's 2007 Iapetus Flyby Greeting NASA Solar System Exploration
Arthur C. Clarke in Sri Lanka. Clarke moved to Sri Lanka in 1956 after a scuba diving trip off of Trincomalee. awakened him to the island's pleasures. "If I had lived in New York or London. I'd be eaten alive the 76-year-old author told the New York Times in 1994. "Here in Sri Lanka, I can control things better. I don't get so caught u in the.
Author Arthur C. Clarke poses for a 2003 portrait at his office in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Clarke died on March 19, 2008, in Sri Lanka. Early Life. Arthur Charles Clarke was born on December 16, 1917, in the coastal town of Minehead in southwestern England.
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Sri Lankan authorities say British-born sci-fi writer Arthur C Clarke had been cleared of decade-old paedophilia allegations before his death last week. Clarke was buried on Saturday in Colombo, where he had lived since 1956. Obituary writers have resurrected 1998 accusations that he had sex with young boys in his adopted country.
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promoter Arthur C Clarke was a versatile communicator of science and technology. He wrote and spoke without jargon, and always explored the social, cultural and economic impacts of new technologies. In particular, he was an expert on the rise and spread of information and communications technologies (ICTs).
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Biography Arthur C. Clarke's legacy bridges the worlds of the arts and the sciences. His work ranged from scientific discovery to science fiction, from technical application to entertainment.
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Arthur C. Clarke, a writer whose seamless blend of scientific expertise and poetic imagination helped usher in the space age, died early Wednesday in Colombo, Sri Lanka, where he had lived since 1956.
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Colombo Sri Lanka's commercial capital where Arthur C Clarke lived for more than half his life since settling down in the island in 1956. Among his favourite locations within the city were the Galle Face Hotel (where 3001: The Final Odyssey was completed), Colombo Swimming Club and National Museum. Sri Lankans Remembering Arthur C Clarke
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Setting The story is set in the fictional equatorial island country of Taprobane, which Clarke has described as "about ninety percent congruent with the island of Sri Lanka ", south of its real-world location. The ruins of the palace at Yakkagala as described in the book very closely match the real-life ruins at Sigiriya in Sri Lanka.
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What's On Events Exhibitions Give Home / Arthur C. Clarke Collection of Sri Lanka Online Finding Aid Born on December 16, 1917, in Minehead, England, Arthur Charles Clarke became obsessed with science fiction and astronomy at a young age.
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This institution, initially known as Arthur C. Clarke Centre, was renamed as the Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Modern Technologies, and re-established in a corporate form in 1994 by the Science And Technology Development Act, No. 11 of 1994. It comes under the purview of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Research, Sri Lanka.