Dan Simmons
1948
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country of citizenship: United States of America
languages spoken, written or signed: English
educated at: Washington University in St. Louis, Wabash College
occupation: writer, novelist, science fiction writer
award received: Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire, Bob Morane Prize, World Fantasy Award for Best Novel, Bram Stoker Award for Novel, August Derleth Award, Hugo Award for Best Novel, Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, World Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction, Tähtivaeltaja Award, Cosmos 2000 Award, Premio Gigamesh, World Horror Convention Grand Master Award
influenced by: Karel Čapek, Yunmen Wenyan, Harlan Ellison, Kevin Kelly, Jack Vance
Dan Simmons (born April 4, 1948) is an American science fiction and horror writer. He is the author of the Hyperion Cantos and the Ilium/Olympos cycles, among other works which span the science fiction, horror, and fantasy genres, sometimes within a single novel. Simmons's genre-intermingling Song of Kali (1985) won the World Fantasy Award. He also writes mysteries and thrillers, some of which feature the continuing character Joe Kurtz. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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