Samuel R. Delany
Novelist, Author
1942 –
Who is Samuel R. Delany?
Samuel Ray Delany, Jr., Chip Delany to his friends, is an American author, professor and literary critic. His work includes fiction, memoir, criticism, and essays on sexuality and society.
His science fiction novels include Babel-17, The Einstein Intersection, Nova, Dhalgren, and the Return to Nevèrÿon series. After winning four Nebula awards and two Hugo awards over the course of his career, Delany was inducted by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame in 2002. Since January 2001 he has been a professor of English and Creative Writing at Temple University in Philadelphia, where he is Director of the Graduate Creative Writing Program. In 2010 he won the third J. Lloyd Eaton Lifetime Achievement Award in Science Fiction from the academic Eaton Science Fiction Conference at UCR Libraries. The Science Fiction Writers of America named him its 30th SFWA Grand Master in 2013.
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- Born
- Apr 1, 1942
New York City - Also known as
- Samuel Ray Delaney, Jr.
- Chip Delany
- Samuel Ray Delany Jr.
- Samuel R. Delaney
- K. Leslie Steiner
- Samuel Ray Delany
- S. L. Kermit
- Samuel Delany
- Parents
- Spouses
- Marilyn Hacker
(1961/08 - 1980) - Dennis Rickett
(1991 - )
- Marilyn Hacker
- Children
- Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University at Buffalo
- The Bronx High School of Science
- The Dalton School
- City College of New York
- Lived in
- New York
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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