He dropped out of City College after only one semester. By age 13, he began a novel, and the following year composed and orchestrated a violin concerto.Īs a teen Delany attended the Bronx High School of Science, but his college career was shortlived. He was further distinguished, at least inwardly, by an emerging sexual interest in other boys. Although raised in Harlem, he had the financial wherewithal to cultivate interests in theatre and books as well as math, science, and music. He has won two Hugo awards and four Nebulas.īorn in Harlem in 1942, Delany was the son of a funeral parlor owner and the nephew of the Delany sisters immortalized in the book (and play) "Having Our Say". His best known works include the novels Einstein Intersection, Nova, Dhalgren, Babel-17, and Triton as well as the short fiction anthology Driftglass. He is noted for his explorations of social and moral issues as well as language structure and mythology. Also a professor and literary critic, he has produced some three dozen books, including two pornographic works (only one of which was published). Delany is also considered to be the first major black author of American science fiction, and the first to be openly bisexual. One of the most discussed and influential authors of science fiction, Samuel R.
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