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Sri Lankabhimanya Sir Arthur Charles Clarke, CBE, FRAS (16 December 1917 – 19 March 2008) was a British-Sri Lankan science fiction writer, science writer and futurist,〔 inventor, undersea explorer, and television series host. He is perhaps most famous for being co-writer of the screenplay for the movie ''2001: A Space Odyssey'', widely considered to be one of the most influential films of all time.〔Ranked #15 by the American Film Institute. (【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://www.afi.com/100years/movies10.aspx )〕〔Ranked #6 by the British Film Institute. 〕 His other science fiction writings earned him a number of Hugo and Nebula awards, which along with a large readership made him one of the towering figures of science fiction. For many years Clarke, Robert Heinlein and Isaac Asimov were known as the "Big Three" of science fiction.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url= http://www.wireclub.com/clubs/books/isaac_asimov_fans/conversations/Toj1CgM8CzfoOEM80 )〕 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, an idea which won him the Franklin Institute's Stuart Ballantine Medal,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url= https://www.fi.edu/laureates/arthur-c-clarke )〕 in 1963, and other honours. Later he was the chairman of the British Interplanetary Society from 1946–47 and again in 1951–53. Clarke was a science writer, who was both an avid populariser of space travel and a futurist of uncanny ability. On these subjects he wrote over a dozen books and many essays, which appeared in various popular magazines. In 1961 he was awarded the Kalinga Prize, an award which is given by UNESCO for popularizing science. These along with his science fiction writings eventually earned him the moniker "Prophet of the Space Age". Clarke emigrated to Sri Lanka in 1956, largely to pursue his interest in scuba diving.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Remembering Arthur C. Clarke )〕 That year he discovered the underwater ruins of the ancient Koneswaram temple in Trincomalee. Clarke augmented his fame later on in the 1980s, from being the host of several television shows such as ''Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious World''. He lived in Sri Lanka until his death.〔Mintowt-Czyz, Lech and Bird, Steve (18 March 2008) The Times Online.〕 He was knighted in 1998 and was awarded Sri Lanka's highest civil honour, Sri Lankabhimanya, in 2005.〔 ==Biography== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Arthur C. Clarke」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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