A. E. van Vogt

Canadian-American science fiction writer (1912-2000) · Canada · Writers · Died at 87

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Alfred Elton van Vogt was a Canadian-born American science fiction writer. His fragmented, bizarre narrative style influenced later science fiction writers, including Philip K. Dick.

A life in dates

2016Retro Hugo Award for Best NovelAward2005Prometheus Award - Hall of FameAward2000Died26 January 20001996Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master AwardAwardScience Fiction and Fantasy Hall of FameAward1912Born26 April 1912

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Van Vogt's "Ship of Darkness" was the cover story in the second issue of Fantasy Book in 1948.

Awards

Retro Hugo Award for Best Novel2016

Prometheus Award - Hall of Fame2005

Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award1996

Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame1996

In their orbit

Spouse: Edna Mayne Hull

About this person

Alfred Elton van Vogt was a Canadian-born American science fiction writer. His fragmented, bizarre narrative style influenced later science fiction writers, including Philip K. Dick. He was one of the most popular and influential practitioners of science fiction in the mid-twentieth century, the genre's so-called Golden Age, and one of the most complex. The Science Fiction Writers of America named him their 14th Grand Master in 1995.

Country

Canada