In 1936, he relocated to London, where he became a pensions auditor for the Board of Education. When only a teenager, he took part in the Junior Astronomical Association, to whose journal he contributed several different articles and stories. It was during and between the years of 19 that the interest in sci-fi literature reached great heights. He attended Huish grammar school in Taunton. The author was born in Minehead, Somerset, but he was brought up in Bishops Lydeard, which is rather close.Īs just a young boy, the author resided on a farm, where he was an avid stargazer, a collector of fossils, and he has had a fondness for American sci-fi pulp stories. MasterpieceĬlarke was the co-writer for the screenplay for the 1968 movie titled 2001: A Space Odyssey, which is among the greatest movies that cinema has ever known. Clarke was an English sci-fi author, an inventor, a science author, a futurist, a TV series host, and an undersea explorer. Sir Clarke was born on the 16 th of December, in the year of 1917, in Minehead, Somerset, England, United Kingdom.
