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Poul Anderson
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Poul Anderson

1926 – 2001 · aged 75

American science fiction writer (1926–2001)

Born
25 Nov 1926 · Bristol
Died
31 Jul 2001 · Orinda

Life timeline

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

Showing 86 years
  1. 25 Nov 1926BornBorn in Bristol
  2. 1961AwardHugo Award for Best Short Story
  3. 1964AwardHugo Award for Best Short Story
  4. 1969AwardHugo Award for Best Novelette
  5. 1972AwardHugo Award for Best Novella
  6. 1972AwardLocus Award for Best Short Fiction
  7. 1972AwardNebula Award for Best Novelette
  8. 1973AwardHugo Award for Best Novelette
  9. 1973AwardNebula Award for Best Novelette
  10. 1974AwardAugust Derleth Award
  11. 1975AwardMythopoeic Fantasy Award
  12. 1979AwardHugo Award for Best Novelette
  13. 1982AwardNebula Award for Best Novella
  14. 31 Jul 2001DiedDied in Orinda

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1926 – 2001).

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

Biography

Poul William Anderson ( POH-əl; November 25, 1926 – July 31, 2001) was an American fantasy and science fiction author who was active from the 1940s until his death in 2001. Anderson also wrote historical novels. He won the Hugo Award seven times and the Nebula Award three times, and was nominated many more times for awards.

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