Robert Sheckley
Novelist, Author
1928 – 2005
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Who was Robert Sheckley?
Robert Sheckley was a Hugo- and Nebula-nominated American author. First published in the science fiction magazines of the 1950s, his numerous quick-witted stories and novels were famously unpredictable, absurdist, and broadly comical.
Sheckley was named Author Emeritus by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America in 2001.
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- Born
- Jul 16, 1928
New York City - Also known as
- Finn O'Donnevan
- Spouses
- Barbara Scadron
(1951 - 1956) - Jay Rothbell
- Ziva Kwitney
(1957 - 1972) - Abby Schulman
(1972 - 1982) - Gail Dana
(1990/09/12 - 2005/12/09)
- Barbara Scadron
- Children
- Ethnicity
- Jewish people
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- New York University
- Columbia High School
- Lived in
- Brooklyn
- Died
- Dec 9, 2005
Poughkeepsie
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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