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Flowers for Algernon
Sign in to saveshort story by Daniel Keyes, later expanded into a novel
OverviewAI-generated
*Flowers for Algernon* is a work authored by Daniel Keyes. The text was first published in 1966, though a publication date of 1959 is also recorded. It has been issued in 79 different editions. A 2004 version of the text is available as a digital item. The title is referenced by 374 other encyclopedia articles.
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Book · Open Library
- Author
- Daniel Keyes
- First published
- 1966
- Editions
- 79
- Subjects
- institutionalization, dementia, phenylketonuria, award:nebula_award=novel, Brain, Surgery, People with mental disabilities, Gifted persons
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Key facts
- Author
- Daniel Keyes
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Science fiction , Tragedy
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Brace & World
- Publication date
- April 1959 (novelette), March 1966 (novel)
- Publication place
- United States
- Media type
- Print (hardback & paperback)
- Pages
- 26 (novelette), 311 (novel)
- Awards
- Hugo Award for Best Short Fiction (1960), Nebula Award for Best Novel (1967)
- Isbn
- 0-15-131510-8
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- literary work
- Author
- Daniel Keyes
- Genre
- science fiction
- Country of origin
- United States
- Main subject
- intelligence amplification
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- title
- Flowers for Algernon
- publication date
- 1959-04-00
- language of work or name
- English language
- form of creative work
- short story
- has characteristic
- first-person narrative
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Encyclopedic overview
Flowers for Algernon is a short novelette by American author Daniel Keyes, which he later expanded into a novel and adapted for film and other media. The novelette, written in 1958 and first published in the April 1959 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, won the Hugo Award for Best Short Fiction in 1960. The novel was published in 1966 and was joint winner of that year's Nebula Award for Best Novel (with Babel-17).
Algernon is a laboratory mouse who has undergone surgery to increase his intelligence. The story is told by a series of progress reports written by Charlie Gordon, the first human subject for the surgery, and it touches on ethical and moral themes such as the treatment of the mentally disabled.
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