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Walter M. Miller

American fiction writer (1923-1996) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 72

Walter Michael Miller Jr. was an American science fiction writer. He wrote short stories that became a celebrated fix-up novel, A Canticle for Leibowitz (1959). His only novel published in his lifetime, it won the 1961 Hugo Award for Best Novel.

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Hugo Award for Best Novel1961
Hugo Award for Best Novelette1955

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Country
United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1923 to 1996 · aged 72

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