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Samuel R. Delany

1942 - Today

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Samuel R. "Chip" Delany (, də-LAY-nee; born April 1, 1942) is an American writer and literary critic. His work includes fiction (especially science fiction), memoir, criticism, and essays on science fiction, literature, sexuality, and society. His fiction includes Babel-17, The Einstein Intersection (winners of the Nebula Award for 1966 and 1967, respectively); Hogg, Nova, Dhalgren, the Return to Nevèrÿon series, and Through the Valley of the Nest of Spiders. His nonfiction includes Times Square Red, Times Square Blue, About Writing, and eight books of essays. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Samuel R. Delany is the 1,327th most popular writer (up from 2,185th in 2019), the 1,908th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,740th in 2019) and the 152nd most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Samuel R. Delany ranks 1,327 out of 7,302. Before him are Lobsang Rampa, Polyaenus, Emmanuelle Arsan, Natalie Clifford Barney, Lu Yu, and Abu Tammam. After him are Henri Murger, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, Widukind of Corvey, Walter M. Miller Jr., Friedrich Maximilian Klinger, and Dag Solstad.

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Among people born in 1942, Samuel R. Delany ranks 125. Before him are Larry Flynt, Michael Jackson, Carlos Monzón, George Jung, Evaristo Carvalho, and Muslim Magomayev. After him are Terry Jones, Bert Sakmann, Geneviève Bujold, Mirjana Marković, Koji Funamoto, and Óscar Rodríguez Maradiaga.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Samuel R. Delany ranks 1,908 out of 20,380. Before him are Scott Glenn (1939), Patch Adams (1945), Charles Chaplin Jr. (1925), Kim Carnes (1945), Benjamin Bloom (1913), and Nathan Bedford Forrest (1821). After him are Carroll Baker (1931), Harvey S. Firestone (1868), Ryan Murphy (1965), William Henry Pickering (1858), Richard Donner (1930), and David McClelland (1917).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Samuel R. Delany ranks 152. Before him are Hubert Selby Jr. (1928), Carson McCullers (1917), James Ellroy (1948), Joyce Carol Oates (1938), Anthony Bourdain (1956), and Natalie Clifford Barney (1876). After him are Walter M. Miller Jr. (1923), Diana Gabaldon (1952), Nora Roberts (1950), Martha Gellhorn (1908), Fredric Brown (1906), and Norman Mailer (1923).

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