The writer who predicts the future with his fiction: Who is Arthur Clarke?

Sir Arthur Charles Clarke (b. 16 December 1917, Minehead, Somerset, United Kingdom - d. 19 March 2008, Colombo, Sri Lanka) was a British inventor and science fiction writer who was a Knight of the Order of England.

He is famous for the science fiction novel he wrote, 2001: A Space Odyssey, and the film of the same name, in which he worked with director Stanley Kubrick.

Clarke is considered one of the "three great writers" of science fiction, along with Robert A. Heinlein and Isaac Asimov.

Sir Arthur Charles Clarke (16 December 1917 – 19 March 2008) was an English science fiction writer, science writer, futurist, inventor, undersea explorer, and television series host.

Clarke was born in the coastal town of Minehead, Somerset, England. Clarke, who enjoyed observing the sky and reading old American science-fiction magazines as a child, started studying at Richard Huish University after graduating from high school, but when he had difficulty paying for a university education due to financial problems, he started working as an auditor in the school dormitory.

During World War II, he served as a radar technician in the Royal Air Force. He took part in the "early radar warning system" project developed by the Royal Air Force during the Battle of Britain and left the army with the rank of lieutenant at the end of the war.

After the war, he entered King's College and graduated from the mathematics and physics department with first place. In the post-war years, Clarke joined the British Interplanetary Society and served as its director for several years. He put forward the idea of geostationary satellites necessary for the creation of a telecommunications satellite network surrounding the world.

Clarke, who used a wheelchair for about 30 years due to an illness he had in his childhood, was hospitalized 4 days before his death in Sri Lanka, where he lived for 50 years; But on March 19, 2008, he died due to respiratory failure.