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Ignatius Frederick Clarke

イグナティウス・フレデリック・クラーク

Ignatiusu Frederickku Kurāku

Aliases: Ian Clarke / I. F. Clarke

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1918-07-10
Died
2009-11-05 age 91
Nationality
British
Languages
English
Residence History
Glasgow

Career

Occupations
scholar and professor of English, bibliographer, historian, editor, translator
Active Years
1950-2009
Affiliations
University of Strathclyde

Education

Liverpool University
English
Degree: B.A., M.A.
Period: 1950-1953
Year of Graduation: 1953
Country: UK

Awards

Pilgrim Award
1974
Organization: Science Fiction Research Association
Result: 受賞
SFRA Pioneer Award
1998
Work: Future-War Fiction: The First Main Phase, 1871–1900
Organization: Science Fiction Research Association
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Voices Prophesying War, 1763-1984

1966 Future-war fiction

History of future-war fiction from 1763 to 1984.

future warsSF history

Pattern of Expectation, 1644-2001

1979 Future fiction

Patterns of expectation in future fiction.

future predictionSF

The Tale of the Future

1961 Bibliography

Checklist of British future fiction from 1644 to 1960.

SF bibliography

Bibliography

  • Voices prophesying war, 1763-1984 (1966)
  • Pattern of expectation, 1644-2001 (1979)
  • The tale of the future (1961)
  • The tale of the next Great War, 1871-1914 (1995)
  • The Great War with Germany, 1890-1914 (1997)
  • British future fiction (2000)

Translations by Author

  • Le Dernier Homme (The Last Man, 2003, with wife)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
scholarlyhistorical analysis
Recurring Motifs
future warsevolution of SF

Legacy

Known as a bibliographer, historian, and editor of science fiction, particularly future-war fiction. Received Pilgrim Award. Translated early French SF with wife Margaret.

Trivia

  • Served in military intelligence during WWII.
  • Survived by wife Margaret, two sons, and a daughter.