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Cory Doctorow
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Person

Cory Doctorow

b. 1971

Canadian-British-American blogger, journalist, and science fiction author

Born
17 Jul 1971 · Toronto
Part ofCanada1690 – today

Life timeline

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

Showing 63 years
  1. 17 Jul 1971BornBorn in Toronto
  2. 2000AwardAstounding Award for Best New Writer
  3. 2004AwardLocus Award for Best First Novel
  4. 2006AwardLocus Award for Best Novelette
  5. 2007AwardEFF Award
  6. 2007AwardLocus Award for Best Novelette
  7. 2008AwardLocus Award for Best Novella
  8. 2009AwardJohn W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
  9. 2009AwardPrometheus Award
  10. 2012AwardHonorary doctorate
  11. 2013AwardPrometheus Award
  12. 2014AwardPrometheus Award
  13. 2015AwardTheodore Sturgeon Award

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1971 – today).

  1. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  2. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  3. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  4. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  5. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  6. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  7. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  8. 1985Schengen Agreement
  9. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  10. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  11. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  12. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  13. 19941994 FIFA World Cup
  14. 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
  15. 19981998 FIFA World Cup
  16. 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
  17. 2003 – 2011Iraq War
  18. 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
  19. 20062006 FIFA World Cup
  20. 20082008 Summer Olympics
  21. 2008Russo-Georgian War
  22. 20102010 Haiti earthquake
  23. 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
  24. 20112011 Norway attacks
  25. 2011Libyan civil war
  26. 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
  27. 20122012 Summer Olympics
  28. 20142014 FIFA World Cup
  29. 2014Russo-Ukrainian war
  30. 2015Paris Agreement
  31. 20182018 FIFA World Cup
  32. 2020COVID-19 pandemic
  33. 20212020 Summer Olympics
  34. 2022Russo-Ukrainian war
  35. 2023Gaza war
  36. 20242024 Summer Olympics
  37. 20262026 Iran war

Biography

Cory Efram Doctorow (born 17 July 1971) is a Canadian-British blogger, journalist, and science fiction author who served as co-editor of the blog Boing Boing. He is an activist in favour of liberalising copyright laws and a proponent of the Creative Commons organisation, using some of its licences for his books. Some common themes of his work include digital rights management, file sharing, and post-scarcity economics.

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