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2013 Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award: Samuel R. Delany
The Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) has named Samuel R. Delany, Jr. the 2013 Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master for his contributions to the literature of Science Fiction and Fantasy. The award will be presented at the 49th Annual Nebula Awards Weekend in San Jose, CA, May 16-18, 2014.
From the official press release:
“Samuel R. Delany is one of science fiction’s most influential authors, critics, and teachers and it is my great honor to announce his selection. When discussing him as this year’s choice with the board, past-presidents, and members, the most frequent response I received was, “He’s not already?” Well he is now.” – SFWA President, Steven Gould
“This award astonishes me, humbles me, and I am honored by it. It recalls to me–with the awareness of mortality age ushers up–the extraordinary writers who did not live to receive it: Roger Zelazny, Joanna Russ, Thomas M. Disch, Octavia E. Butler–as well, from the generation before me, Katherine MacLean, very much alive. I accept the award for them, too: they are the stellar practitioners without whom my own work, dim enough, would have been still dimmer.” – Samuel R. Delany
Delany joins Gene Wolfe (2012), Connie Willis (2011) and a host of other greats who have received the award since Robert A. Heinlein won the inaugural award in 1975. See the complete list on our Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award page.
Our congratulations to Mr. Delany on his award. What do you think of this choice? How many of the Grand Masters have you read?
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