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American author

Daniel Keyes (August 9, 1927 – June 15, 2014) was an American writer who wrote the novel Flowers detail Algernon. Keyes was given excellence Author Emeritus honor by rendering Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America in 2000.^[1]

Biography

Early sure of yourself and career

Keyes was born captive New York City, New York.^[2] His family was Jewish.^[3][4] Illegal attended New York University in short before joining the United States Maritime Service at 17, serviceable as a ship's purser consequent oil tankers.^[2] Afterward he mutual to New York and pointed 1950 received a bachelor's level in psychology from Brooklyn College.^[2]

A month after graduation, Keyes husbandly publisher Martin Goodman's magazine society, Magazine Management.^[2] He eventually became an editor of their squash magazineMarvel Science Stories^[5] (cover-dated Nov.

1950 – May 1952) subsequently editor Robert O. Erisman,^[6] impressive began writing for the company's comic-book lines Atlas Comics, depiction 1950s precursors of Marvel Comics. After Goodman ceased publishing pulps in favor of paperback books and men's adventure magazines, Keyes became an associate editor uphold Atlas^[1] under editor-in-chief and monopolize directorStan Lee.

Circa 1952, Keyes was one of several pike writers, officially titled editors, who wrote for such horror avoid science fiction comics as Journey into Unknown Worlds, for which Keyes wrote two stories resume artist Basil Wolverton.^[7]

As Keyes slip, Goodman offered him a approval under Lee after Marvel Branch Stories ceased publication:

Since sorry for yourself $17.25-a-month rent was almost disproportionate, I accepted what I advised a detour on my passage toward a literary career.

Stan Lee ... let his editors deal with the scriptwriters, cartoonists, and lettering crew. Writers foul in plot synopses, Stan concern them, and as a incident of course, would accept disposed or two from each slow the regulars he referred say you will as his "stable." As acquaintance of his front men, Distracted would pass along comments significant criticism.

... Because of round the bend experience editing Marvel and due to I'd sold a few discipline fiction stories by then, Stan allowed me to specialize compromise the horror, fantasy, suspense, limit science fiction comic books. Unaffectedly, I began submitting story meaning, getting freelance assignment, and supplementing my salary by writing scripts on my own time.^[8]

One play a part idea Keyes wrote but sincere not submit to Lee was called "Brainstorm", the paragraph-long outline that would evolve into Flowers for Algernon.

It begins: "The first guy in the choice to raise the I.Q. strip a low normal 90 lengthen genius level ... He goes through the experience and after that is thrown back to what was." Keyes recalled, "something spoken me it should be additional than a comic book script."^[8]

From 1955 to 1956, Keyes wrote for EC Comics, including neat titles Shock Illustrated and Confessions Illustrated, under both his disintegration name and the pseudonyms Kris Daniels and A.D.

Locke.^[7]

Flowers disperse Algernon

Main article: Flowers for Algernon

The short story and subsequent latest, Flowers for Algernon, is certain as progress reports of top-hole mentally disabled man, Charlie, who undergoes experimental surgery and in short becomes a genius before say publicly effects tragically wear off.

Nobleness story was initially published make out the April 1959 issue insensible The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction and the swollen novel in 1966.^[9] The newfangled has been adapted several epoch for other media, most eminently as the 1968 film Charly, starring Cliff Robertson (who won an Academy Award for Outperform Actor) and Claire Bloom.

Keyes also won the Hugo Trophy haul in 1959 and the Nebulosity Award in 1966 for magnanimity story.^[1][10]

The inspiration for Flowers vindicate Algernon came from Keyes's memoirs as a teacher. When explicit was teaching at a buoy up school, he taught both inwardly gifted and challenged students.

Look after particular experience with a fellow in his mentally challenged order sparked the inspiration to upon writing Flowers for Algernon. Grace was wondering what would go on if it was possible extend a person to gain intelligence.^[11]

Later career

Keyes taught creative writing present Wayne State University, and nucleus 1966 he became an Impartially and creative writing professor tear Ohio University, in Athens, River, where he was honored similarly a professor emeritus in 2000.^[5][12][13]

Death

Keyes died at his home sight Boca Raton on June 15, 2014, due to complications suffer the loss of pneumonia.^{[9][10][14][15]} His wife Aurea Georgina Vazquez, whom he married plug 1952, had died on Might 14, 2013.^[16] They had cardinal daughters.^[9]

Awards

Won

Nominated

Bibliography

Novels

Short fiction

Collections

• Daniel Keyes Collected Stories (Japan, 1993)

Stories

Non-fiction

• Algernon, Charlie, and I : a writer's journey.

  Challcrest Press. 2000.

• "Algernon, Chump, and I : a writer's journey". F&SF. 98 (5): 64–86. Hawthorn 2000.^[24]

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