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Harry Harrison
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American science fiction author (1925–2012)
OverviewAI-generated
Harry Harrison, born Henry Maxwell Dempsey on March 12, 1925, in Stamford, Connecticut, was an American writer and novelist. He worked in the fields of graphics, comics, and Esperanto, and was an active science fiction writer. His career began in 1956, and he participated in World War II. Harrison was an Esperantist who spoke and wrote in both Esperanto and English.
He is the author of notable works including *Make Room! Make Room!*, *Histoires de la Fin des Temps*, *Giant Science-Fiction Six-Pack*, *Countdown mit Arno Schmidt*, *Arm of the Law*, and *Spaceship Medic*. Harrison received the Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame, and the Inkpot Award. He was also nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel, the Locus Award for Best Novel, the Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, and the Nebula Award for Best Short Story. He died on August 15, 2012, in Brighton.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 12 March 1925
- Died
- 15 August 2012
- Works
- 314
Top works
- Histoires de la Fin des Temps
- Giant Science-Fiction Six-Pack
- Countdown mit Arno Schmidt
- Arm of the Law
- Arm of the Law
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Stamford, Connecticut, USA
Known for
- Prisoners of Gravity — Self1989
via TMDB
Key facts
- Born
- Henry Maxwell Dempsey , ( 1925-03-12 ) March 12, 1925, Stamford, Connecticut , U.S.
- Died
- August 15, 2012 (2012-08-15) (aged 87), Brighton , England
- Occupation
- Writer, illustrator
- Nationality
- American, Irish
- Period
- 1951–2010
- Genre
- Science fiction , satire
- Notable awards
- Inkpot Award (2004)
- Spouse
- Evelyn Harrison (div. 1951), Joan Merkler Harrison (1954–2002, her death)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Harry
- Family name
- Harrison
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Stamford
- Place of death
- Brighton
- Occupation
- draftsperson
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Religion
- atheism
- Notable work
- Make Room! Make Room!
- Field of work
- comics
- Genre
- science fiction
- Conflict
- World War II
- Image
- Harry Harrison 2005.jpg
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- Commons category
- Harry Harrison
- date of birth
- 1925-03-12
- date of death
- 2012-08-15
- start of work period
- 1956-00-00
- birth name
- Henry Maxwell Dempsey
- name in native language
- Harry Harrison
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Encyclopedic overview
Harry Max Harrison (born Henry Maxwell Dempsey; March 12, 1925 – August 15, 2012) was an American science fiction author, known mostly for his character The Stainless Steel Rat and for his novel Make Room! Make Room! (1966). The latter was the rough basis for the motion picture Soylent Green (1973). Long resident in both Ireland and the United Kingdom, Harrison was involved in the foundation of the Irish Science Fiction Association, and was, with Brian Aldiss, co-president of the Birmingham Science Fiction Group.
Aldiss called him "a constant peer and great family friend". His friend Michael Carroll said of Harrison's work: "Imagine Pirates of the Caribbean or Raiders of the Lost Ark, and picture them as science-fiction novels. They're rip-roaring adventures, but they're stories with a lot of heart." Novelist Christopher Priest wrote in an obituary
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