Brian Aldiss

1925 - 2017

country of citizenship: United Kingdom

languages spoken, written or signed: English

educated at: Framlingham College, West Buckland School

occupation: science fiction writer, novelist, literary critic, writer, screenwriter, artist, military personnel, bookseller, editor-in-chief, journalist

award received: Officer of the Order of the British Empire, Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire, Hugo Award for Best Short Story, Nebula Award for Best Novella, Pilgrim Award, Hugo Award for Best Related Work, John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, Tähtivaeltaja Award, Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame, BSFA Award for Best Novel, Ditmar Award

position held: Booker Prize judge

influenced by: Karel Čapek, Olaf Stapledon, H. G. Wells

official website: www.brianaldiss.co.uk

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 group in Wells' honour. He was (with Harry Harrison) co-president of the Birmingham Science Fiction Group. 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. Source: Wikipedia (en)