Samuel R. Delany
Samuel R. "
Chip"
Delany (, ; 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, 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. The
Science Fiction Writers of America named him its 30th
SFWA Grand Master in 2013, 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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