Isaac Asimov

American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University, known for his works of science fiction and popular science

1920   -   1992

genre: science fiction
country of citizenship: United States of America, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
native language: Yiddish
educated at: Columbia University, Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science, Columbia University School of General Studies
occupation: biochemist, novelist, prosaist, autobiographer, science fiction writer, science writer, screenwriter, non-fiction writer, university teacher, journalist
award received: Hugo Award, James T. Grady-James H. Stack Award for Interpreting Chemistry, Humanist of the Year, Edward E. Smith Memorial Award, Nebula Award for Best Novel, Locus Award for Best Novel, Hugo Award for Best Novel, Klumpke-Roberts Award, Nebula Award for Best Novelette, Locus Award for Best Novelette, Hugo Award for Best Novelette, Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award, Locus Award for Best Short Story, Hugo Award for Best Related Work, Retro Hugo Award, Cosmos 2000 Award
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Isaac Asimov (; c. January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) was an American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University. He was known for his works of science fiction and popular science. Asimov was a prolific writer who wrote or edited more than 500 books and an estimated 90,000 letters and postcards. His books have been published in 9 of the 10 major categories of the Dewey Decimal Classification. Asimov wrote hard science fiction. Along with Robert A. Heinlein and Arthur C. Clarke, Asimov was considered one of the "Big Three" science fiction writers during his lifetime. Asimov's most famous work is the "Foundation" series; his other major series are the "Galactic Empire" series and the Robot series. The Galactic Empire novels are explicitly set in earlier history of the same fictional universe as the Foundation series. Later, beginning with Foundation's Edge, he linked this distant future to the Robot and Spacer stories, creating a unified "future history" for his stories much like those pioneered by Robert A. Heinlein and previously produced by Cordwainer Smith and Poul Anderson.
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