Samuel R. Delany

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Aliases:
Chip Delaney, Samuel R. Delaney, Samuel Ray Delany Jr, and 17 others Samuel R Delaney, Сэмюэль Дилэни, サミュエル・R ディレイニー, Samuel Delaney, Chip Delany, サミュエル・R・ディレイニー, Semjuel Dilejni, Samuel Delany, サミュエル ディレイニー, Samuel Ray Jr Delany, Samuel Ray Delaney, Самюъл Дилейни, サミュエル・R ディレーニイ, サミュエル・R ディレーニ, Samuel R. Delany, Samuel Ray Delany, Delany
Born:
April 1, 1942

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Samuel R. Delany (, duh-LAY-nee); born April 1, 1942), nicknamed "Chip", is an American author 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), 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. After winning four Nebula awards and two Hugo Awards over the course of his career, Delany was inducted by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame in 2002. From January 1975 until his retirement in 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, and 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 …

Books by Samuel R. Delany