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Robert Silverberg

1935 - Today

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Robert Silverberg (born January 15, 1935) is a prolific American science fiction author and editor. He is a multiple winner of both Hugo and Nebula Awards, a member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame, and a Grand Master of SF since 2004. Especially noted Silverberg works include the novella Nightwings (1969) and the novels Downward to the Earth (1970), The World Inside (1971), Dying Inside (1972), and Lord Valentine's Castle (1980; the first of the Majipoor series). Silverberg has attended every Hugo Award ceremony since the inaugural event in 1953. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Silverberg is the 1,640th most popular writer (up from 1,787th in 2019), the 2,393rd most popular biography from United States (down from 2,251st in 2019) and the 190th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Robert Silverberg ranks 1,640 out of 7,302. Before him are Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala, Harlan Coben, Pehr Henrik Ling, Babrius, Robert Desnos, and Boualem Sansal. After him are Mao Dun, Elizabeth George, Robert Wilson, Fran Krsto Frankopan, Petar Zrinski, and John Gay.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Robert Silverberg ranks 99. Before him are Mary Berry, Ján Popluhár, John G. Avildsen, Yakov Sinai, Hillel Furstenberg, and Masahito, Prince Hitachi. After him are Thomas Keneally, Luis del Sol, André Brink, Valeri Kubasov, Mohamed Choukri, and Ron Paul.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Silverberg ranks 2,393 out of 20,380. Before him are Wayne Shorter (1933), Linda Ronstadt (1946), Thomas Mitchell (1892), Eva Longoria (1975), Thomas R. Marshall (1854), and Art Tatum (1909). After him are David Ellefson (1964), Elizabeth George (1949), Samantha Fox (1950), Robert Wilson (1941), Karl Guthe Jansky (1905), and Don L. Lind (1930).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Robert Silverberg ranks 190. Before him are Flannery O'Connor (1925), Don DeLillo (1936), Ken Wilber (1949), Robert Jordan (1948), Ira Levin (1929), and Harlan Coben (1962). After him are Elizabeth George (1949), Robert Wilson (1941), E. Howard Hunt (1918), Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815), Dean Koontz (1945), and James Oliver Curwood (1878).

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