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Poul William Anderson (November 25, 1926 – July 31, 2001)[4] was an American fantasy and science fiction author who was active from the 1940s until the 21st century. Anderson wrote also historical novels. His awards include seven Hugo Awards and three Nebula Awards.[5]

Poul Anderson
Anderson at Polcon in 1985
Born	Poul William Anderson (1926-11-25)November 25, 1926 Bristol, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	July 31, 2001(2001-07-31) (aged 74) Orinda, California, U.S.[1][2]
Pen name	A. A. Craig Michael Karageorge Winston P. Sanders P. A. Kingsley[3]
Occupation	Writer
Nationality	American
Period	1948–2001
Genre	Science fiction, fantasy, time travel, mystery, historical fiction
Notable works	The Broken Sword Tau Zero Three Hearts and Three Lions

Biography

Poul Anderson was born on November 25, 1926, in Bristol, Pennsylvania to Scandinavian parents.[6] Soon after his birth, his father, Anton Anderson relocated the family to Texas, where they lived for more than ten years. After Anton Anderson's death, his widow took the children to Denmark. The family returned to the United States after the beginning of World War II, settling eventually on a Minnesota farm.

While he was an undergraduate student at the University of Minnesota, Anderson's first stories were published by editor John W. Campbell in the magazine Astounding Science Fiction: "Tomorrow's Children" by Anderson and F. N. Waldrop in March 1947 and a sequel, "Chain of Logic" by Anderson alone, in July.[lower-alpha 1] He earned his BA in physics with honors but became a freelance writer after he graduated in 1948. His third story was printed in the December Astounding.[7]

Anderson married Karen Kruse in 1953 and relocated with her to the San Francisco Bay area. Their daughter Astrid (now married to science fiction author Greg Bear) was born in 1954. They made their home in Orinda, California. Over the years Poul gave many readings at The Other Change of Hobbit bookstore in Berkeley; his widow later donated his typewriter and desk to the store.^{[citation needed]}

In 1954, he published the fantasy novel The Broken Sword, one of his most known works.

In 1965, Algis Budrys said that Anderson "has for some time been science fiction's best storyteller".[8] He was a founding member of the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA) in 1966 and of the Swordsmen and Sorcerers' Guild of America (SAGA), also during the mid-1960s. The latter was a group of Heroic fantasy authors organized by Lin Carter, originally eight in number, with entry by credentials as a fantasy writer alone. Anderson was the sixth President of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, taking office in 1972.

Robert A. Heinlein dedicated his 1985 novel The Cat Who Walks Through Walls to Anderson and eight of the other members of the Citizens' Advisory Council on National Space Policy.[9][10] The Science Fiction Writers of America made Anderson its 16th SFWA Grand Master in 1998[11] and in 2000's fifth class, he was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame as one of two deceased and two living writers.[12] He died of prostate cancer on July 31, 2001, after a month in the hospital. A few of his novels were first published posthumously.

Awards and honors

• Gandalf Grand Master of Fantasy (1978)[5]
• Hugo Award (seven times)[13]
• John W. Campbell Memorial Award (2000)[14]
• Inkpot Award (1986)[15]
• Locus Award (41 nominations; one win, 1972)[16]
• Mythopoeic Fantasy Award (one win (1975))[17]
• Nebula Award (three times)[18]
• Pegasus Award (best adaptation, with Anne Passovoy) (1998)
• Prometheus Award (five times, including Special Prometheus Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2001)
• SFWA Grand Master (1997)[11]
• Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame (2000)[12]
• Asteroid 7758 Poulanderson, discovered by Eleanor Helin at Palomar in 1990, was named in his honor.[19] The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center shortly after his death on September 2, 2001 (M.P.C. 43381).[20]

Bibliography

See also

•  Speculative fiction portal

Explanatory notes

References

Sources

External links

• Bio, bibliography and book covers at FantasticFiction
• Obituary and tributes from the SFWA
• Poul Anderson Appreciation, by Dr. Paul Shackley
• Poul Anderson, an essay by William Tenn
• The Society for Creative Anachronism, of which Poul Anderson was a founding member
• The King of Ys review at FantasyLiterature.net Archived September 17, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
• "Poul Anderson biography". Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.
• Poul Anderson at Library of Congress Authorities, with 135 catalog records
• Poul Anderson at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Poul Anderson at the Internet Book List
• Poul Anderson at Curlie

By Poul Anderson

• Works by Poul Anderson in eBook form at Standard Ebooks
• Works by Poul Anderson at Project Gutenberg
• Works by or about Poul Anderson at Internet Archive
• Works by Poul Anderson at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
• Works by Poul Anderson at Open Library
• On Thud and Blunder, an essay by Anderson on fantasy fiction, from the SFWA
• Poul Anderson's online fiction at Free Speculative Fiction Online
• SFWA directory of literary estates

На других языках

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[ru] Андерсон, Пол Уильям

Пол Уи́льям А́ндерсон (англ. Poul William Anderson; 25 ноября 1926 года, Бристол  (англ.) (рус., Пенсильвания, США — 31 июля 2001 года, Оринда, Калифорния, США) — американский писатель-фантаст.

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