Daniel Keyes (1927–2014)
Autor de Flores para Algernon
Sobre El Autor
Daniel Keyes was born in Brooklyn, New York on August 9, 1927. He received a bachelor's degree in psychology in 1950 and a master's degree in English literature in 1961 from Brooklyn College. He was an editor for pulp fiction magazines, taught English in New York City public schools, and was an mostrar más English and creative writing professor at Wayne State University and Ohio University. In 1959, his novella Flowers for Algernon was published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction and won the Hugo Award for best short fiction in 1960. By 1966 he had expanded the story into a novel with the same title, which tied for the Nebula Award for best novel that year. The novel was adapted as a stage play, developed as a dramatic musical, and adapted into a movie entitled Charly for which Cliff Robertson won the Academy Award for best actor. During his lifetime, he wrote several more novels including The Touch, The Fifth Sally, and Until Death. His three nonfiction books include The Minds of Billy Milligan, The Milligan Wars: A True-Story Sequel, and Unveiling Claudia. He also wrote a memoir entitled Algernon, Charlie and I. He died from complications of pneumonia on June 15, 2014 at the age of 86. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Obras de Daniel Keyes
Flowers for Algernon and Other Stories (The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction, Ninth Series) (1969) 10 copias
Billy Milligan’ın Zihinleri 3 copias
Crazy Maro [novelette] 2 copias
Suche deine eigene Warheit 1 copia
AS VIDAS DE BILLY MILLIGAN 1 copia
Obras relacionadas
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One: The Greatest Science Fiction Stories of All Time (1970) — Contribuidor — 1,898 copias, 30 reseñas
The Very Best of Fantasy & Science Fiction: Sixtieth Anniversary Anthology (2009) — Contribuidor — 133 copias, 6 reseñas
American Science Fiction: Four Classic Novels 1960-1966 (LOA #321): The High Crusade / Way Station / Flowers for… (2019) — Contribuidor — 103 copias, 2 reseñas
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction: A 30-Year Retrospective (1980) — Contribuidor — 87 copias, 1 reseña
The Frozen Planet and Four Other Science-Fiction Novellas (1966) — Contribuidor — 58 copias, 2 reseñas
American Science Fiction: Eight Classic Novels of the 1960s Box Set: The High Crusade / Way Station / Flowers for… (2019) — Contribuidor — 48 copias
Science Fiction Hall Of Fame Volume Two. The Greatest Science Fiction Stories Of All Time Chosen By The Members Of The… (1970) — Contribuidor, algunas ediciones — 36 copias
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1959, Vol. 16, No. 4 (1959) — Contribuidor — 7 copias
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Nombre legal
- Keyes, Daniel F.
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1927-08-09
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 2014-06-15
- Lugar de sepultura
- Eternal Light Memorial Gardens, Boynton Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- USA
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Lugar de fallecimiento
- Boca Raton, Florida, USA
- Causa de fallecimiento
- pneumonia (complications)
- Lugares de residencia
- New York, New York, USA
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Athens, Ohio, USA
Boca Raton, Florida, USA - Educación
- Brooklyn College (BA|1950|MA|1961)
- Ocupaciones
- sailor (merchant seaman)
ship's purser
editor
teacher (high school)
professor (English)
writer (mostrar todos 8)
author
singing waiter - Relaciones
- Keyes, Aurea Georgina Vazquez (wife)
- Organizaciones
- United States Maritime Service
Wayne State University
Ohio University - Premios y honores
- SFWA Author Emeritus Award (2000)
Seiun Award (1993)
Kurd Lasswitz Award (1986)
Nebula Award (1966)
Hugo Award (1960) - Agente
- William Morris Agency
Miembros
Debates
Found: Below intelligence person gets more and more intelligent and less happy then it reverses en Name that Book (julio 1)
Found: Romance set in Greece en Name that Book (abril 2023)
Which Fine Press is doing Flowers for Algernon? en Fine Press Forum (marzo 2023)
F̶I̶R̶S̶T̶ E̶D̶I̶T̶I̶O̶N̶:̶ F̶L̶O̶W̶E̶R̶S̶ F̶O̶R̶ A̶L̶G̶E̶R̶N̶O̶N̶ en Consensus Press (marzo 2023)
Second Round: A Flower for Algernon by Daniel Keyes en Consensus Press (octubre 2022)
True Crime Drug Related Murders en Name that Book (julio 2013)
Has anyone read this book en Book talk (Enero 2012)
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- También por
- 29
- Miembros
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- Popularidad
- #1,300
- Valoración
- 4.1
- Reseñas
- 408
- ISBNs
- 213
- Idiomas
- 21
- Favorito
- 18