Cordwainer Smith

Novelist, Author

1913 – 1966

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Who was Cordwainer Smith?

Cordwainer Smith was the pseudonym used by American author Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger for his science fiction works. Linebarger was a noted East Asia scholar and expert in psychological warfare.

Linebarger also employed the literary pseudonyms "Carmichael Smith", "Anthony Bearden" and "Felix C. Forrest". He died of a heart attack in 1966 at Johns Hopkins University Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland, at age 53.

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Born
Jul 11, 1913
Milwaukee
Also known as
  • Felix C. Forrest
  • Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger
  • Carmichael Smith
  • Anthony Bearden
  • Paul M. A. Linebarger
  • Karolman Junghar
Spouses
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Johns Hopkins University
Employment
  • Duke University
  • Johns Hopkins University
Died
Aug 6, 1966
Baltimore
Resting place
Arlington National Cemetery

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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