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Clifford D. Simak

Biographical Notes

Date of birth: August 3, 1904, Millville, Wisconsin
Date of death: April 25, 1988, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Clifford Donald Simak. Author. Studied journalism at the University of Wisconsin. Editor of newspapers in Michigan, Iowa, North Dakota, and Missouri, during the 1930s. He worked for the Minneapolis Star and Tribune, 1939-76, and became news editor of the Star in 1949. Coordinator of Minneapolis Tribune's Science Reading Series, beginning 1961. International Fantasy Award, 1953 (City). Hugo Award for novelette, 1959 (The Big Front Yard); novel, 1964 (Way Station); and short story, 1981 ("Grotto of the Dancing Deer"), World Science Fiction Convention. Grand Master Award from the Science Fiction Writers of America, 1977, and a Nebula Award for short story, 1980 ("Grotto of the Dancing Deer"), Science Fiction Writers of America. Inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame, 1973.

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Additional Resources

Sources used to prepare this author entry

The following bibliography may include links to Web sites that are no longer operable or have changed location. The sources are shown as they existed in the fall of 1999 when the entries were compiled.
  • Barron, Ron. A Guide to Minnesota Writers: Expanded and Revised. Minnesota: Minnesota Council of Teachers of English, 1993.
  • "Clifford D. Simak." Online. Accessed 23 Aug. 1999. http://members.tripod.com/~gwillick/simak.html
  • "Clifford Simak's Biography." Online. Accessed 25 Aug. 1999. http://www.freenet.msp.mn.us/people/bramschp/simak/biog.html
  • Contemporary Authors. Vol. 4. Detroit: Gale Research Co., 1963.
  • Contemporary Authors. Vol. 125. Detroit: Gale Research Co., 1989.
  • Minneapolis Star Tribune. 27 Apr. 1988, p. 8B.
  • Richards, Carmen. Minnesota Writers. Minneapolis: T. S. Denison, 1961.
  • St. Paul Pioneer Press. 27 Apr. 1988, p. 6C.
  • Tachyon Publications. "Over the River and Through the Woods by Clifford D. Simak." Online. Accessed 23 Aug. 1999. http://www.tachyonpublications.com/simak.html
  • Who's Who in the Midwest, 1963-64. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who Inc., 1963.



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