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Jack Vance
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American mystery and speculative fiction writer (1916–2013)
OverviewAI-generated
John Holbrook Vance, known by the nickname Jack Vance, was an American writer and sailor born in San Francisco on August 28, 1916. He attended the University of California, Berkeley, and worked for the United States Merchant Marine. Vance wrote in English and produced works in the genres of fantasy, science fiction, and mystery fiction. He also used the pseudonyms Ellery Queen, Alan Wade, Peter Held, and John van See.
He died in Oakland on May 26, 2013, due to old age. His notable works include Dying Earth, the Lyonesse Trilogy, and Cugel's Saga. Additional titles attributed to him are Histoires de la Fin des Temps, Tales from Super-Science Fiction, The 13 crimes of science fiction, Herrscher von Lyonesse, and Green Pearl Tr. Vance also played the banjo and had a credit in the acting department.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 28 August 1916
- Died
- 26 May 2013
- Works
- 369
Top works
- Histoires de la Fin des Temps
- Tales from Super-Science Fiction
- The 13 crimes of science fiction
- Herrscher von Lyonesse
- Green Pearl Tr
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Known for
- Prisoners of Gravity — Self1989
- The Criminal Code — Reporter1931
via TMDB
Key facts
- Born
- John Holbrook Vance , ( 1916-08-28 ) August 28, 1916, San Francisco , California , U.S.
- Died
- May 26, 2013 (2013-05-26) (aged 96), Oakland, California , U.S.
- Occupation
- Writer
- Period
- 1950–2009 (books)
- Genre
- Fantasy , science fiction, mystery
- Notable works
- Dying Earth
- Notable awards
- Hugo Award , 1963, 1967, 2010 , Nebula Award , 1967 , and career honors
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- San Francisco
- Place of death
- Oakland
- Occupation
- electrician
- Educated at
- University of California, Berkeley
- Employer
- United States Merchant Marine
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- Cugel's Saga
- Field of work
- science fiction literature
- Genre
- mystery fiction
- Instrument
- banjo
- Official website
- www.jackvance.com
- Image
- Jack Vance Boat Skipper.jpg
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- Commons category
- Jack Vance
- date of birth
- 1916-08-28
- date of death
- 2013-05-26
- birth name
- John Holbrook Vance
- writing language
- English language
- nickname
- Jack Vance
- pseudonym
- Alan Wade
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- old age
- medical condition
- blindness
- name in native language
- John Holbrook Vance
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
Vance's The Languages of Pao was originally published in the December 1957 issue of Satellite Science Fiction, under what is likely the last SF magazine cover by Frank R. Paul
John Holbrook Vance ( August 28, 1916 – May 26, 2013) was an American writer of fantasy, science fiction, and mysteries. He wrote several mystery novels under pen names, including Ellery Queen.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jack Vance” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.