Samuel R. Delany

Samuel R. Delany
Samuel R. Delany in 2022
Samuel R. Delany in 2022
BornSamuel Ray Delany Jr.
(1942-04-01) April 1, 1942 (age 82)
Harlem, New York City, U.S.
Pen nameK. Leslie Steiner, S. L. Kermit
Occupation
  • Writer
  • editor
  • professor
  • literary critic
EducationCity College of New York
Period1962–present[1]
GenreScience fiction, fantasy, autobiography, creative nonfiction, erotic literature, literary criticism
SubjectScience fiction, lesbian and gay studies, eroticism
Literary movementNew Wave, Afrofuturism
Notable worksBabel-17, Hogg, The Einstein Intersection, Nova, Dhalgren, The Motion of Light in Water, Dark Reflections
Notable awards
SpouseMarilyn Hacker (1961–80)
PartnerDennis Rickett (1991–present)
ChildrenIva Hacker-Delany
Website
samueldelany.com

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.

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.

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  2. ^ "Inkpot Award". Comic-Con International: San Diego. December 6, 2012.
  3. ^ "Samuel R. Delany Receives Lifetime Achievement Anisfield-Wolf Book Award". theportalist.com. April 6, 2021. Retrieved December 31, 2023.
  4. ^ "sfadb: World Fantasy Awards 2022". sfadb.com. Retrieved July 25, 2022.
  5. ^ "Retirement party announcement". Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved August 20, 2015.
  6. ^ Samuel Delany – a,b,c: three short novels
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