Richard Wilson
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American science fiction writer and fan (1920-1987)
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Richard Wilson (1920–1987) was an American writer and novelist specializing in science fiction. Born in Huntington Station, he wrote in American English. His professional output included 133 works, with notable titles such as *A short history of France*, *Shakespeare's Twelfth night, or, What you will*, *Mountain spirits and maize*, *A book of ships and seaman*, and *Pen Pictures of British Battles*.
Wilson received the Nebula Award for Best Novelette and was recognized in the Nebula Award collection. He was also nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novelette, the Locus Award for Best Novella, the Nebula Award for Best Novella, and the Nebula Award for Best Short Story.
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Vinony catalogs Richard Wilson in its Nebula Award collection (17 entries).
Within Vinony's link graph, Richard Wilson is referenced by 114 other articles, and connects out to International Standard Book Number, Isaac Asimov and science fiction.
Vinony files it under 1920 births, 1987 deaths and 20th-century American male writers.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 133
Top works
- A short history of France
- Shakespeare's Twelfth night, or, What you will
- Mountain spirits and maize
- A book of ships and seaman
- Pen Pictures of British Battles
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Richard
- Family name
- Wilson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Huntington Station
- Occupation
- novelist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- science fiction
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- date of death
- 1987-03-29
- date of birth
- 1920-09-23
- nominated for
- Nebula Award for Best Short Story
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