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Brian Aldiss
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Brian Aldiss

1925 – 2017 · aged 92

British science fiction writer (1925–2017)

Born
18 Aug 1925 · Dereham
Died
19 Aug 2017 · Oxford

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 106 years
  1. 18 Aug 1925BornBorn in Dereham
  2. 1939 – 1945WarWorld War II
  3. 1962AwardHugo Award for Best Short Story
  4. 1966AwardNebula Award for Best Novella
  5. 1971AwardBSFA Award for Best Novel
  6. 1978AwardPilgrim Award
  7. 1981RoleBooker Prize judge
  8. 1982AwardBSFA Award for Best Novel
  9. 1983AwardJohn W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
  10. 1985AwardBSFA Award for Best Novel
  11. 1987AwardHugo Award for Best Related Work
  12. 1990AwardTähtivaeltaja Award
  13. 2000AwardDamon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award
  14. 2004AwardScience Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame
  15. 2007AwardEuropean Award of the Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire
  16. 19 Aug 2017DiedDied in Oxford

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1925 – 2017).

  1. 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
  2. 19341934 FIFA World Cup
  3. 19361936 Summer Olympics
  4. 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
  5. 19381938 FIFA World Cup
  6. 1938Munich Agreement
  7. 1939 – 1940Winter War
  8. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  9. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  10. 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
  11. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  12. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  13. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  14. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  15. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  16. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  17. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  18. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  19. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  20. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  21. 1956Suez Crisis
  22. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  23. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  24. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  25. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  26. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  27. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  28. 1968Prague Spring
  29. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  30. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  31. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  32. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  33. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  34. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  35. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  36. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  37. 1985Schengen Agreement
  38. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  39. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  40. 19901990 FIFA World Cup

Biography

Brian Wilson Aldiss (18 August 1925 – 19 August 2017) was an English writer, artist and anthology editor, best known for science-fiction novels and short stories. His byline reads either Brian W. Aldiss or simply Brian Aldiss, except for occasional pseudonyms during the mid-1960s.

Greatly influenced by science fiction pioneer H. G. Wells, Aldiss was a vice-president of the international H. G. Wells Society. He was co-president of the Birmingham Science Fiction Group with Harry Harrison. Aldiss was named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction Writers of America in 1999 and inducted by the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 2004. He received two Hugo Awards, one Nebula Award and one John W. Campbell Memorial Award. He wrote the short story "Supertoys Last All Summer Long" (1969), the basis for the Stanley Kubrick-developed Steven Spielberg film A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001). Aldiss was associated with the British New Wave of science fiction.

Text from the Wikipedia article Brian Aldiss, CC BY-SA 4.0

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