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Also Known As	James Graham Ballard
Born	November 15, 1930 • Shanghai • China
Died	April 19, 2009 (aged 78) • London • England
Notable Works	“Cocaine Nights” • “Crash” • “Empire of the Sun” • “Kingdom Come” • “Millennium People” • “Rushing to Paradise” • “Super-Cannes” • “The Atrocity Exhibition” • “The Kindness of Women” • “Vermilion Sands” • “War Fever”

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