Samuel R. Delany

Samuel Ray "Chip" Delany, Jr. (born April 1, 1942) is an award-winning science fiction author. He has written works that have garnered substanial critical acclaim, including the novels Dhalgren and Hogg. He is a professor at Temple University, and is also known in the academic world as a literary critic.

Biography

Delany was born and raised in Harlem and attended the Bronx High School of Science. Delany and the poet Marilyn Hacker, who met in high school, were married for several years and have a daughter.

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Harlem - Bronx High School of Science - Marilyn Hacker

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Delany was a published science fiction author by the age of 20, and published six well-regarded science fiction novels between 1962 and 1968, as well as several prize-winning short stories (collected in Driftglass). Dhalgren was published in 1974. His main literary project through the late 70s and 80s was the Neveryon series.

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Delany has published several autobiographical/semi-autobiographical accounts of his life as a gay writer, including his Hugo award winning autobiography, The Motion of Light in Water.

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Autobiographical - Hugo - The Motion of Light in Water

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In recent years, Delany has been teaching English, Comparative Literature, and writing. Delany spent 11 years teaching at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, a year and a half at the University at Buffalo, and moved to the English Department of Temple University in 2001. He has also published several books of criticism, interviews, and other essays.

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University of Massachusetts at Amherst - University at Buffalo - Temple University - 2001

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