Clifford D. Simak

"Simak" redirects here. For the village in Iran, see Simak, Iran.

Clifford D. Simak
BornClifford Donald Simak
(1904-08-03)August 3, 1904
Millville, Wisconsin, U.S.
DiedApril 25, 1988(1988-04-25) (aged 83)
Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
OccupationJournalist, popular writer
Alma materUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison
Period1931–1986 (fiction)
GenreScience fiction, fantasy
SubjectPopular science
Notable works
Simak's first story, "The World of the Red Sun", was listed on the cover of Wonder Stories in 1931.
Simak as pictured in Wonder Stories in 1931.

Clifford Donald Simak (/ˈsɪmək/;[1] August 3, 1904 – April 25, 1988) was an American science fiction writer. He won three Hugo Awards and one Nebula Award.[2][3] The Science Fiction Writers of America made him its third SFWA Grand Master,[4] and the Horror Writers Association made him one of three inaugural winners of the Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement.[5] He is associated with the pastoral science fiction subgenre.[6]

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  6. ^ Cokinos, Christopher. "The Pastoral Complexities of Clifford Simak: The Land Ethic and Pulp Lyricism in Time and Again". Extrapolation, Volume 55, Number 2 https://doi.org/10.3828/extr.2014.9