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Alfred Bester

1913 - 1987

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Alfred Bester (December 18, 1913 – September 30, 1987) was an American science fiction author, TV and radio screenwriter, magazine editor and scriptwriter for comics. He is best remembered for his science fiction, including The Demolished Man, winner of the inaugural Hugo Award in 1953. Science fiction author Harry Harrison wrote, "Alfred Bester was one of the handful of writers who invented modern science fiction." Shortly before his death, the Science Fiction Writers of America (SFWA) named Bester its ninth Grand Master, presented posthumously in 1988. The Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame inducted him in 2001. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alfred Bester is the 2,305th most popular writer (down from 2,208th in 2019), the 3,322nd most popular biography from United States (down from 2,762nd in 2019) and the 264th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Alfred Bester ranks 2,305 out of 7,302. Before him are Jaan Kaplinski, Olga Rozanova, Sholem Schwarzbard, Mak Dizdar, Stefania Wilczyńska, and Winston Groom. After him are Rutilius Taurus Aemilianus Palladius, Laura Esquivel, Vladimír Clementis, Kathy Reichs, Jónas Hallgrímsson, and Richard Brautigan.

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Among people born in 1913, Alfred Bester ranks 123. Before him are Georgy Flyorov, Ken Carpenter, Mickey Cohen, Amrita Sher-Gil, Abraham Sutzkever, and Hélio Gracie. After him are Pedro Gastão of Orléans-Braganza, Ed Ablowich, Géza Kalocsay, Heinrich Bär, Lucien Goldmann, and Nina Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg. Among people deceased in 1987, Alfred Bester ranks 88. Before him are Otto Wöhler, Herbert Blumer, Maxwell D. Taylor, Maria von Trapp, J. P. Guilford, and Renato Guttuso. After him are Tawfiq al-Hakim, Mary Astor, Anatoli Papanov, Zeca Afonso, Alessandro Blasetti, and Yves Allégret.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alfred Bester ranks 3,322 out of 20,380. Before him are Steven Weber (1961), James Scott (1885), Patricia Arquette (1968), Jensen Ackles (1978), Winston Groom (1943), and Brian Weiss (1944). After him are Horace Wells (1815), Dan Hedaya (1940), Daniel Ellsberg (1931), Peter Cetera (1944), Eric Trump (1984), and Mercedes McCambridge (1916).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Alfred Bester ranks 264. Before him are Anne Applebaum (1964), Katherine Jackson (1930), Harlan Ellison (1934), Suzanne Collins (1962), Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919), and Winston Groom (1943). After him are Kathy Reichs (1948), Richard Brautigan (1935), Lydia Davis (1947), August Derleth (1909), Cornell Woolrich (1903), and Joseph D. Pistone (1939).

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