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Samuel R. "Chip" Delany (/ d ə ˈ l eɪ n i /, 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.
Jul 3, 2023 · How Samuel R. Delany Reimagined Sci-Fi, Sex, and the City. A visionary novelist and a revolutionary chronicler of gay life, he’s taken American letters to uncharted realms. By...
SAMUEL R. DELANY. OFFICIAL WEBSITE FOR THE BEST-SELLING AUTHOR OF. Babel-17, The Einstein Intersection, Dhalgren, and Dark Reflections. "From the fan mail, [he has] the smartest readers of any writer I have ever published." —Donald Weise, first publisher of Through the Valley of the Nest of Spiders. The Tragedy of Ophelia: An Essay. Buy Now.
Samuel R. Delany (born April 1, 1942, New York, New York, U.S.) is an American science-fiction novelist and critic whose highly imaginative works address sexual, racial, and social issues, heroic quests, and the nature of language.
Samuel Ray Delany, also known as "Chip," is an award-winning American science fiction author. He was born to a prominent black family on April 1, 1942, and raised in Harlem. His mother, Margaret Carey Boyd Delany, was a library clerk in the New York Public Library system.
Born in Harlem Hospital, April 1st, 1942, and raised on 7th Ave. in the two floors above his father's funeral home, at 2250 7th Ave., Samuel Ray Delany, from age three to June 1947, attended Horace Mann Nursery School on 120th St. and Broadway.
A novelist and critic who taught literature and creative writing at the University of Massachusetts and Temple University, Samuel R. Delany had won four Nebula Awards and a Hugo Award by the time he was 27.
May 29, 2019 · Samuel R. Delany is a profoundly influential and award-winning African-American gay author, critic, and teacher, whose many novels, short stories, memoirs, and essays are among the most important of the 20th and 21st centuries.
Apr 21, 2022 · The author, whose second job was at a Barnes & Noble, has always found comfort on the page. When I lived in New York, I had a library that was very, very big. It was mostly paperbacks. I never ...
Aug 8, 2019 · Delany’s books interweave science fiction with histories of race, sexuality and control. In so doing, he gives readers fiction that reflects and explores the social truths of...
