Octavia E. Butler (1947–2006)
Autor(a) de Kindred
About the Author
Science-fiction writer and novelist Octavia Estelle Butler was born in Pasadena, California, on June 22, 1947. She earned as Associate of Arts degree from Pasadena City College in 1968 and later attended California State University and the University of California. Her first novel, Patternmaster, mostrar mais was the first in a series about a society run by a group of telepaths who are mentally linked to one another. She explored the topics of race, poverty, politics, religion, and human nature in her works. She won a Hugo Award in 1984 for her short story Speech Sounds and a Hugo Award and Nebula Award in 1985 for her novella Bloodchild. She received a MacArthur Grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. The award pays $295,000 over a five-year period to creative people who push the boundaries of their fields. She died in Lake Forest Park, Washington on February 24, 2006 at the age of 58. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Séries
Obras de Octavia E. Butler
Kindred 1 exemplar(es)
Kindred: A Reader's Guide 1 exemplar(es)
Parable of the Sower 1 exemplar(es)
Elos Da Mente 1 exemplar(es)
Butler, Octavia Archive 1 exemplar(es)
The Missing Relationship 1 exemplar(es)
Childfinder [short story] 1 exemplar(es)
A Necessary Being [novelette] 1 exemplar(es)
Bloodchild 1 exemplar(es)
Stub for Adulthood Rites in Lilith's Brood 1 exemplar(es)
L'initiation: Xenogenesis 2 1 exemplar(es)
Xenogenesis by Octavia E. Butler (1989-01-01) 1 exemplar(es)
Book of the Living 1 exemplar(es)
Childfinder & A Necessary Being: Two Novellas 1 exemplar(es)
2000x: Bloodchild 1 exemplar(es)
Tomorrow is the Child of Today 1 exemplar(es)
Stub for "Imago" in Lilith's Brood 1 exemplar(es)
Epilogue from Parable of the Talents 1 exemplar(es)
Associated Works
Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction From the African Diaspora (2000) — Contribuinte — 529 cópias
The Norton Book of Science Fiction: North American Science Fiction, 1960-1990 (1993) — Contribuinte — 315 cópias
Sisters of the Revolution: A Feminist Speculative Fiction Anthology (2015) — Contribuinte — 296 cópias
Breaking Ice: An Anthology of Contemporary African-American Fiction (1990) — Contribuinte — 274 cópias
The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy (2004) — Contribuinte — 270 cópias
Women of Wonder, the Contemporary Years: Science Fiction by Women from the 1970s to the 1990s (1995) — Contribuinte — 203 cópias
Daughters of Earth: Feminist Science Fiction in the Twentieth Century (2006) — Contribuinte — 177 cópias
Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Words and Writings by Women of African Descent from the Ancient… (1992) — Contribuinte — 159 cópias
New Eves: Science Fiction About the Extraordinary Women of Today and Tomorrow (1994) — Contribuinte — 62 cópias
Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 73 • June 2016 (People of Colo(u)r Destroy Science Fiction! special issue) (2016) — Contribuinte — 60 cópias
Tales from Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Short Stories for Young Adults (1986) — Contribuinte — 40 cópias
Nebula Awards 20: SFWA's Choices for the Best Science Fiction and Fantasy 1984 (1985) — Contribuinte — 28 cópias
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Vol. 8, No. 6 [June 1984] (1984) — Contribuinte — 18 cópias
Hive of Dreams: Contemporary Science Fiction from the Pacific Northwest (Northwest Readers) (2003) — Contribuinte — 12 cópias
Afro-Future Females: Black Writers Chart Science Fiction's Newest New-Wave Trajectory (2008) — Contribuinte — 9 cópias
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome de batismo
- Butler, Octavia Estelle
- Data de nascimento
- 1947-06-22
- Data de falecimento
- 2006-02-24
- Local de enterro
- Mountain View Cemetery, Altadena, California, USA
- Sexo
- female
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Pasadena, California, USA
- Local de falecimento
- Lake Forest Park, Washington, USA
- Causa da morte
- fall
- Locais de residência
- Pasadena, California, USA
Seattle, Washington, USA - Educação
- Pasadena City College
California State University, Los Angeles - Ocupação
- science fiction writer
- Organizações
- Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
- Premiações
- Creative Arts Award L.A. YWCA (1980)
MacArthur Fellowship (1995)
Lifetime Achievement Award in Writing: PEN American Center (2000)
Guest of Honour, Eastercon, UK (1997)
SF Hall Of Fame (2010)
SFWA Infinity Award (2023) - Agente
- Merilee Heifetz (Writers House)
Membros
Discussions
January 2021: Octavia Butler em Monthly Author Reads (Novembro 2021)
Octavia Butler: American Author Challenge em 75 Books Challenge for 2017 (Agosto 2017)
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- 4.1
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