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Sci-fi guru Arthur C Clarke dies in Sri Lanka
Published on Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 10:49, Updated at Wed, Mar 19, 2008 in Lifestyle section
Tags: Arthur C Clarke, Science Writer , New Delhi
FAR AHEAD OF TIMES: Clarke is credited with conceptualising communications satellites in 1945.
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New Delhi: World famous author Sir Arthur C Clarke passed away on Wednesday morning at the age of 90. Sir Arthur died at his home in Colombo, Sri Lanka, after he developed breating problems.
He had battled a debilitating post-polio syndrome since the 1960s. The author has won worldwide acclaim with more than 100 books on space and science.
He was also the co-author of Stanley Kubrick's Oscar-winning film 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Sir Arthur C Clarke is also credited with conceptualising communications satellites way back in 1945. The British-born science fiction writer and visionary Arthur C Clarke had been in and out of hospital for sometime now.
Clarke was the first to suggest the use of satellites orbiting the earth for communication and predicted that commercial space travel would one day be commonplace.
Celebrating his birthday on December 16, Clarke had expressed his desire for a lasting peace in Sri Lanka.
"I've been living in Sri Lanka for 50 years, and half that time I've been a sad witness to a bitter conflict that divides my adopted country, and dearly wish to see a lasting peace established in Sri Lanka as soon as possible," he had said.
Born in England in 1917, the writer had first come to the island in the 1950s for scuba-diving and said he became a resident of Sri Lanka and received so many honorary awards for his contributions to science and technology.
President Mahinda Rajapaksa has expressed 'deep sorrow and condolences' on Clarke's demise.
FACTS ABOUT ARTHUR C CLARKE
> Clarke was born into an English farming family in Somerset, England in 1917. In the 1930s he pursued an interest in space sciences by joining the British Interplanetary Society (BIS) and began to write science fiction.
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Its indeed an end of an era. The first death of an eminent writer in the present millenium. Albert Einstein
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