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Jack Dann

ジャック・ダン

Jakku Dan

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1945-02-15 （Johnson City, New York）
Nationality
American
Languages
English
Religion
Judaism
Residence History
Johnson City, New York → Binghamton, New York → Melbourne, Victoria, Australia → Near Foster, Victoria, Australia

Career

Occupations
Writer, Editor, Writing teacher
Active Years
1970-2024
Affiliations
SFWA (Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America), Tor Books
Memberships
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
Influenced By
Jorge Luis Borges, Roald Dahl, Lewis Carroll, J.G. Ballard, Philip K. Dick, Franz Kafka, Gabriel García Márquez, Ernest Hemingway

Education

Binghamton University
Social and Political Science
Degree: BA
Period: 1960年代後半
Year of Graduation: 1968
Country: United States
BA in social and political science
Hofstra University
Theater
Period: 1960年代初頭
Country: United States
Theater studies
St. John's University School of Law
Law
Period: 1969-1971
Country: United States
Postgraduate studies in law
University of Queensland
School of Communication and Arts
Degree: Ph.D.
Year of Graduation: 2016
Country: Australia
Dissertation: Shadows in the Stone and a Study of Historical Divergence

Awards

Nebula Award
1997
Work: Da Vinci Rising
Category: Best Novella
Organization: Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
Result: Won
World Fantasy Award
1999
Work: Dreaming Down-Under
Category: Anthology
Organization: World Fantasy Convention
Result: Won
World Fantasy Award
2017
Category: Anthology
Organization: World Fantasy Convention
Result: Won
Aurealis Award
1996
Work: The Memory Cathedral
Category: Fantasy Novel
Result: Won

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Memory Cathedral

1995 Historical Fantasy

An alternate history where Leonardo da Vinci builds his inventions during the Renaissance.

memoryalternate historyinvention

The Man Who Melted

1984 Science Fiction

A man searches for his wife in a post-apocalyptic world altered by telepathic shock waves.

consciousnessdestructionidentity

Starhiker

1977 Science Fiction

A young man's cosmic voyage on an alien spacecraft.

journeytranscendence

Junction

1981 Science Fiction

A man journeys from a hellish Midwestern town to 20th-century New York.

reality and dreamtransformation

The Silent

1998 Historical Fantasy

A mute boy's journal during the American Civil War, haunted by ghosts.

wartraumaghosts

The Rebel: An Imagined Life of James Dean

2004 Alternate History

James Dean survives his crash and becomes a star and governor.

alternate historyfame

Translations of Works

  • Translated into thirteen languages

Style & Themes

Literary Style
surreal and dreamlikepoeticunpredictablehumorous or dark
Recurring Motifs
memorymythtransformationtranscendent statesHolocaust witnessing

Health

  • Peritonitis
    1965年
    Complication after appendectomy, 4 months in hospital, near-death experience changed his outlook

Legacy

Prolific American writer and editor of over 70 books, mostly SF/F/H anthologies, multiple award winner, living in Australia.

Trivia

  • Born to a Jewish family
  • Troublesome youth sent to military academy
  • Known as the hermit of Binghamton
  • Collaborates often with wife Janeen Webb
  • Editor of SFWA Bulletin