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April 3 Writer Birthdays
April 3 Writer Birthdays
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Nebula Awards, part 2
I began a few days ago with some details of this year's Nebula Awards Conference, which I attended recently at the Marriott City Center in Pittsburgh. I discussed other events of the conference, but did not touch on the awards banquet itself. The awardees are chosen by the voting members (including me) of SFWA, the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers ( Read more... ) -
March 21 Writer Birthdays
March 21 Writer Birthdays- 1893 - Geoffrey Dearmer, British poet whose works dealt with the brutality of war.
- 1902 - William Downie Forrest, Scottish journalist, editor, and war correspondent.
- 1905 - Phyllis McGinley, Pulitzer Prize-winning American author of children's books and poetry.
- 1919 - Geoffrey Pinnington, British reporter and editor.
- 1928 - ( Read more... )
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April 14 Writer Birthdays
April 14 Writer Birthdays- 1629 - Christiaan Huygens, Dutch astronomer and physicist who discovered the rings of Saturn, invented the pendulum clock, and wrote about mechanics and optics.
- 1879 - James Branch Cabell, American author of satirical fantasy and literary fiction.
- 1886 - Ernst R Curtius, German literary scholar.
- 1889 - Arnold Joseph Toynbee, ( Read more... )
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April 3 Writer Birthdays
April 3 Writer Birthdays
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March 21 Writer Birthdays
March 21 Writer Birthdays- 1893 - Geoffrey Dearmer, British poet whose works dealt with the brutality of war.
- 1902 - William Downie Forrest, Scottish journalist, editor, and war correspondent.
- 1905 - Phyllis McGinley, Pulitzer Prize-winning American author of children's books and poetry.
- 1919 - Geoffrey Pinnington, British reporter and editor.
- 1928 - ( Read more... )
