Mythopoeic Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 19 (1989) Winner
Michael Bishop
マイケル・ビショップ
Maikeru Bishoppu
Aliases:
Michael Lawson Bishop
Pen Names:
Philip Lawson（Joint pseudonym with Paul Di Filippo）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1945-11-12 （Lincoln, Nebraska）
- Died
- 2023-11-13 （LaGrange, Georgia） age 78
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Christianity
- Residence History
- Tokyo, Japan (kindergarten) → Seville, Spain (senior year of high school) → Colorado Springs, Colorado → Athens, Georgia → Pine Mountain, Georgia
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Short story writer, Essayist, Poet, Teacher
- Active Years
- 1970-2021
- Affiliations
- LaGrange College (writer-in-residence, 1996-2012)
- Influenced By
- Ursula K. Le Guin, James Tiptree, Jr.
- Influenced
- Modern science fiction literature
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Georgia | — | English | BA, MA | 1963-1968 | United States |
University of Georgia
English
Degree:
BA, MA
Period:
1963-1968
Year of Graduation:
1968
Country:
United States
BA (1967), MA in English (1968)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Nebula Award | The Quickening | Best Novelette | Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America | 受賞 |
| 1982 | Nebula Award | No Enemy But Time | Best Novel | Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America | 受賞 |
| 1983 | Locus Award | Her Habiline Husband | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1995 | Locus Award | Brittle Innings | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2009 | Shirley Jackson Award | The Pile | Best Short Story | — | 受賞 |
Nebula Award
1981
Work:
The Quickening
Category:
Best Novelette
Organization:
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
Result:
受賞
Nebula Award
1982
Work:
No Enemy But Time
Category:
Best Novel
Organization:
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
Result:
受賞
Locus Award
1983
Work:
Her Habiline Husband
Result:
受賞
Locus Award
1995
Work:
Brittle Innings
Result:
受賞
Shirley Jackson Award
2009
Work:
The Pile
Category:
Best Short Story
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Shirley Jackson Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 2 (2008) Winner
Works
Major Works
No Enemy But Time
1982 Science fictionA time-travel story involving anthropology where the protagonist dreams himself into the Pleistocene era and interacts with habilines.
AnthropologyTime travelRace
Brittle Innings
1994 Science fiction/FantasyA story set in 1943 baseball where Frankenstein's monster lives as a human.
American SouthMonstrositySports
Adaptations
- [Film]
The Pile
2008 HorrorShirley Jackson Award-winning short story.
HorrorEveryday terror
Bibliography
- See Wikipedia for complete bibliography
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Intellectual complexityAnthropological treatmentMoral scrupulousness
- Recurring Motifs
- AnthropologyReligionAmerican South
Health
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Cancer晩年Died on November 13, 2023
Legacy
Created a body of work that stands among the most admired and influential in modern science fiction and fantasy literature over five decades and more than thirty books.
In Popular Culture
- Advocated for gun control after son's Virginia Tech shooting
Trivia
- Son Jamie was a victim of the 2007 Virginia Tech shooting
- Military brat childhood spent worldwide
- Identified as a Christian