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Roger Zelazny

1937 - 1995

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Roger Joseph Zelazny (May 13, 1937 – June 14, 1995) was an American fantasy and science fiction writer known for his short stories and novels, best known for The Chronicles of Amber. He won the Nebula Award three times (out of 14 nominations) and the Hugo Award six times (also out of 14 nominations), including two Hugos for novels: the serialized novel ...And Call Me Conrad (1965), subsequently published under the title This Immortal (1966), and the novel Lord of Light (1967). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Roger Zelazny is the 1,107th most popular writer (down from 897th in 2019), the 1,573rd most popular biography from United States (down from 999th in 2019) and the 125th most popular American Writer.

Roger Zelazny is most famous for his science fiction and fantasy novels. He won the Hugo Award for best novel in 1967 for "Lord of Light" and in 1968 for "This Immortal". He won the Nebula Award for best novel in 1966 for "The Dream Master" and in 1970 for "Creatures of Light and Darkness".

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Among writers, Roger Zelazny ranks 1,107 out of 7,302. Before him are Tony Buzan, Mori Ōgai, Oliver Sacks, Juan Rulfo, Roberto Bolaño, and Publilius Syrus. After him are Alexander Kielland, Alexander Ostrovsky, D. T. Suzuki, Herodian, Quintus Tullius Cicero, and Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam.

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Among people born in 1937, Roger Zelazny ranks 70. Before him are Fernando de la Rúa, Lionel Jospin, Andrei Konchalovsky, Valentyn Sylvestrov, Thomas Pynchon, and Paolo Conte. After him are Joseph Nye, Richard Møller Nielsen, Anatoly Sobchak, Rubin Carter, Rafael Moneo, and George Carlin. Among people deceased in 1995, Roger Zelazny ranks 55. Before him are Alonzo Church, Miklós Rózsa, Ștefan Kovács, Ko Takamoro, César Rodríguez Álvarez, and James Meade. After him are Mária Telkes, Rory Gallagher, John Vincent Atanasoff, Ernest Gellner, Krešimir Ćosić, and Carlos Monzón.

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Among people born in United States, Roger Zelazny ranks 1,573 out of 20,380. Before him are Mitt Romney (1947), Don Shirley (1927), Daniel Dennett (1942), Raymond Leo Burke (1948), Alan Ladd (1913), and George Stinney (1929). After him are Mark Ruffalo (1967), Cordell Hull (1871), Jack Black (1969), Walter Hunt (1796), Cyrus Vance (1917), and Mamie Eisenhower (1896).

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Among writers born in United States, Roger Zelazny ranks 125. Before him are William Gibson (1948), Thomas Pynchon (1937), Edith Wharton (1862), Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807), Harriet Jacobs (1813), and Tess Gerritsen (1953). After him are Jeff Lindsay (1952), John Cheever (1912), Will Durant (1885), Walter Lippmann (1889), John Dickson Carr (1906), and Jean Webster (1876).

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