Samuel R. Delany
American author, critic, and academic (born 1942) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Samuel R. "Chip" Delany (/dəˈleɪni/, də-LAY-nee; born April 1, 1942) is an American writer and literary critic. His work includes fiction (especially science fiction), memoir, criticism, and essays on science fiction, literature, sexuality, and society. His fiction includes Babel-17, The Einstein Intersection (winners of the Nebula Award for 1966 and 1967, respectively); Hogg, Nova, Dhalgren, the Return to Nevèrÿon series, and Through the Valley of the Nest of Spiders. His nonfiction includes Times Square Red, Times Square Blue, About Writing, and eight books of essays. He has won four Nebula awards and two Hugo Awards, and he was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame in 2002.
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Born | Samuel Ray Delany Jr. (1942-04-01) April 1, 1942 (age 82) Harlem, New York City, U.S. |
Pen name | K. Leslie Steiner, S. L. Kermit |
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Education | City College of New York |
Period | 1962–present[1] |
Genre | Science fiction, fantasy, autobiography, creative nonfiction, erotic literature, literary criticism |
Subject | Science fiction, lesbian and gay studies, eroticism |
Literary movement | New Wave, Afrofuturism |
Notable works | Babel-17, Hogg, The Einstein Intersection, Nova, Dhalgren, The Motion of Light in Water, Dark Reflections |
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Spouse | Marilyn Hacker (1961–80) |
Partner | Dennis Rickett (1991–present) |
Children | Iva Hacker-Delany |
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From January 1975 to May 2015,[5][6] he was a professor of English, Comparative Literature, and/or Creative Writing at SUNY Buffalo, SUNY Albany, the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and Temple University.
In 1997, he won the Kessler Award; further, 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.[7] The Science Fiction Writers of America named him its 30th SFWA Grand Master in 2013,[8] and in 2016, he was inducted into the New York State Writers Hall of Fame. Delany received the 2021 Anisfield-Wolf Lifetime Achievement Award.