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Poul Anderson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Poul William Anderson (November 25, 1926 - July 31, 2001) was an American science fiction author of the genre's Golden Age; some of his short stories were first published using the pseudonyms 'A. A. Craig', 'Michael Karageorge', and 'Winston P. Sanders'. Poul Anderson also wrote fantasy such as the King of Ys series. ..." |
| Born |
| 25 Nov 1926, in Bristol, Pennsylvania |
| Died |
| 31 Jul 2001, in Orinda, California |
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| Awards Received |
1985 Prometheus Hall of Fame Award, granted by Libertarian Futurist Society, Prometheus Hall of Fame Award
For Trader to the Stars |
1995 Prometheus Best Novel Award, granted by Libertarian Futurist Society, Prometheus Best Novel Award
For The Stars are also Fire |
1995 Prometheus Hall of Fame Award, granted by Libertarian Futurist Society, Prometheus Hall of Fame Award
For The Star Fox |
| 2001 Special Prometheus Award for Lifetime Achievement, granted by Libertarian Futurist Society |
| Interviews |
Poul Anderson: Fifty Years of Science Fiction, Locus Magazine, Apr 1997
"As for the value of the individual, I'm quite consciously in the Heinleinian tradition there. ...It's partly an emotional matter, a libertarian predilection, a prejudice in favor of individual freedom, and partly an intellectual distrust based on looking at the historical record and considering the theory of it, including matters like chaos theory. A distrust of large, encompassing systems ..." |
| Books |
Against Time's Arrow: The High Crusade of Poul Anderson
by Sandra Miesel, 1978 |
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| Books Authored |
The Star Fox, 1965
1995 Prometheus Hall of Fame award |
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The Stars Are Also Fire, 1994
1995 Prometheus Award winner |
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Trader to the Stars, 1964
1985 Prometheus Hall of Fame award |
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