He was the chairman of the British Interplanetary Society from 1946–1947 and again in 1951–1953.Ĭlarke emigrated from England to Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon) in 1956, largely to pursue his interest in scuba diving. In 1945, he proposed a satellite communication system using geostationary orbits. In 1934, while still a teenager, he joined the British Interplanetary Society. For many years Clarke, Robert Heinlein and Isaac Asimov were known as the 'Big Three' of science fiction.Ĭlarke was a lifelong proponent of space travel. 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. These along with his science fiction writings eventually earned him the moniker 'Prophet of the Space Age'.

In 1961 he was awarded the Kalinga Prize, an award which is given by UNESCO for popularising science. On these subjects he wrote over a dozen books and many essays, which appeared in various popular magazines. Clarke was a science writer, who was both an avid populariser of space travel and a futurist of uncanny ability. He is famous for being co-writer of the screenplay for the 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey, widely considered to be one of the most influential films of all time. Sir Arthur Charles Clarke CBE FRAS was a British science fiction writer, science writer and futurist, inventor, undersea explorer, and television series host.

Incontro con Rama by Arthur C. Clarke