He won many literary awards during his long career. Bradbury also wrote numerous screenplays and television adaptations of books, including his own works. The book, which was incredibly well-received, spoke the era’s concerns about censorship and conformity. Bradbury published his best-known work, Fahrenheit 451, in 1953. That was also the year he married Marguerite “Maggie” McClure, with whom he would have four daughters. He published his first collection of short stories, Dark Carnival, in 1947. Bradbury was not drafted due to his poor vision and managed to become a full-time writer during the war. He earned a living by selling newspapers while he worked on his writing, finally selling his first story “Pendulum” in 1941, just before the United Stated entered World War II. After finishing high school, however, Bradbury could not afford to attend college and instead educated himself by reading at the public library. A voracious reader, Bradbury decided to become a writer around the age of 12. Bradbury spent his childhood in Waukegan, Illinois with his parents Leonard and Ester before the family moved to Los Angeles, California in 1934.
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