Biography to Saymak

Clifford Saymak Clifford Donald Saymak English. Clifford Donald Simak - one of the largest American science fiction writers - was born on August 3 in the state of Wisconsin not by chance that many of his works take place there. He studied at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, but did not graduate from him. Worked as a reporter and ed. Minnesota, where he lived all his life.

Although Saimak printed his first science fiction story in the year, the recognition came to him later - at the end of the 10ths when he began to cooperate with Estaunding magazine, whose editor was John Capbell. Together with Azimov, Van Vogt, Del Rey, Kattner, Starzhon, Hanlin, which were printed in the journal Campbell, Saimak is considered the father of modern American science fiction, and thanks to these writers, the period from the end of the 10th to the second half of the 10th is rightfully called the "Golden Age" of the fiction of the United States.

The Russian reader has known the name of Clifford Saymak since the year when his story “Once in Mercury” was published on the pages of the magazine “Knowledge-Gila”. Since then, in Russian, his novels “all living things have been released since the beginning of the 10ths, Saimak switched mainly to writing novels, the most significant of which is the“ Perentist Station ”, also awarded the Hugo Awards, but his other books of that time -“ which could be easier than time ”,“ almost like people ”,“ all living things ”are not too much inferior to him.

In the year, the famous novel “Goblin Reserve”, almost immediately translated into Russian and became extremely popular among Soviet fans of science fiction, came out. Saimak’s novels published in the X are noticeably inferior to the previously published, the most significant of them are “A Choice of Gods”, “A Heritage of Stars”, “The Visitors” The story of the Grotto Dancing Deer was awarded the Hugue and Nebeloy awards.

A distinctive feature of Saymak's work in mind, in a good start in man and humanity, a call to the world and the unity of everyone who lives on the planet Earth and with whom, may earthlings will meet.

Over thirty novels, collections of stories and stories, numerous literary awards, including the most prestigious in American science fiction, the Hugo Prize, which Saimak became a laureate, is the result of more than fifty creative activities of this patriarch of the scientific and fantastic genre. In the year, Saimaku was awarded the Grand Master Nebula prize. In the same year he retired.

He died on April 25. Books of the author:.