Suzette Haden Elgin (1936–2015)
Forfatter af Native Tongue
Om forfatteren
Suzette Haden Elgin was born Patricia Anne Wilkins on November 18, 1936 in Missouri. She received a PhD in linguistics from the University of California at San Diego in 1973. She taught there from 1972 to 1980, when she retired to focus on her writing full time. Her books include The Communipaths, vis mere Furthest, At the Seventh Level, Yonder Comes the Other End of Time, Twelve Fair Kingdoms, The Grand Jubilee, A First Dictionary and Grammar of Láadan, Peacetalk 101, and Native Tongue Trilogy. She founded the Science Fiction Poetry Association in 1978. The organization's Elgin Award, for best poetry book and chapbook of the year, is named in her honor. She wrote The Science Fiction Poetry Handbook. She was also widely published as a linguist. Her works include the Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense series. She died on January 27, 2015 at the age of 78. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre
Disambiguation Notice:
(eng) Other sites show birthplace as Jefferson City, Missouri, USA.
Image credit: George Elgin
Serier
Værker af Suzette Haden Elgin
How to Disagree Without Being Disagreeable: Getting Your Point Across with the Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense (1997) 125 eksemplarer
The Communipaths / The Noblest Experiment in the Galaxy (Ace Double, 11560) (1970) — Forfatter — 56 eksemplarer
You Can't Say That to Me: Stopping the Pain of Verbal Abuse -- An 8-Step Program (1995) 47 eksemplarer
The Language Imperative: The Power of Language to Enrich Your Life and Expand Your Mind (1999) 47 eksemplarer
The Gentle Art of Verbal Written Self-Defense : Letters in Response to Triple-F Situations (1993) 45 eksemplarer
Businessspeak: Using the Gentle Art of Verbal Persuasion to Get What You Want at Work (1977) 15 eksemplarer
Try to Feel It My Way: New Help for Touch Dominant People and Those Who Care About Them (1996) 12 eksemplarer
For the Sake of Grace 5 eksemplarer
Lo, How an Oak E'er Blooming [short fiction] 2 eksemplarer
Twenty-One Novel Poems 2 eksemplarer
A Third Dictionary and Grammar of Láadan 1 eksemplar
Guide to Transformational Grammar 1 eksemplar
Soon To Be a Major Embarrassment 1 eksemplar
Dragons, Cows, & Kudzu 1 eksemplar
We Have Always Spoken Panglish 1 eksemplar
What The Epa Don't Know Won't Hurt Them 1 eksemplar
Weather Bulletin 1 eksemplar
Only a Housewife 1 eksemplar
Honor Is Golden 1 eksemplar
Associated Works
The Norton Book of Science Fiction: North American Science Fiction, 1960-1990 (1993) — Bidragyder — 315 eksemplarer
Isaac Asimov's Wonderful Worlds of Science Fiction, Volume 2: The Science Fictional Olympics (1984) — Bidragyder, nogle udgaver — 88 eksemplarer
Nebula Awards 24: SFWA's Choices for the Best Science Fiction and Fantasy 1988 (1988) — Bidragyder — 58 eksemplarer
Women of Other Worlds: Excursions Through Science Fiction and Feminism (1999) — Bidragyder — 42 eksemplarer
Light Years and Dark: Science Fiction and Fantasy of and for Our Time (1984) — Bidragyder — 36 eksemplarer
Women of Vision : Essays by Women Writing Science Fiction (1988) — Bidragyder, nogle udgaver — 33 eksemplarer
The Alchemy of Stars: Rhysling Award Winners Showcase (2005) — Efterskrift; Bidragyder — 28 eksemplarer
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1984, Vol. 67, No. 2 (1984) — Forfatter — 14 eksemplarer
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Vol. 9, No. 10 [October 1985] (1985) — Bidragyder — 14 eksemplarer
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Vol. 9, No. 12 [December 1985] (1905) — Bidragyder — 13 eksemplarer
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1990, Vol. 78, No. 3 (1990) — Forfatter — 12 eksemplarer
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Almen Viden
- Juridisk navn
- Wilkins, Patricia Anne Suzette
- Andre navne
- Elgin, Patricia Anne Suzette Wilkins
- Fødselsdato
- 1936-11-18
- Dødsdag
- 2015-01-27
- Køn
- female
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Fødested
- Louisiana, Missouri, USA
- Dødssted
- Arkansas, USA
- Bopæl
- Arkansas, USA
- Uddannelse
- University of California, San Diego (PhD, Linguistics)
- Erhverv
- linguist
writer
poet - Organisationer
- Science Fiction Poetry Association (founder)
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
Ozark Center for Language Studies (founder)
San Diego State University - Oplysning om flertydighed
- Other sites show birthplace as Jefferson City, Missouri, USA.
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Discussions
Found: Sci-fi book about translators i Name that Book (september 2021)
***Group Read: Native Tongue by Suzette Hadel Elgin (spoiler thread) i 75 Books Challenge for 2011 (marts 2011)
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