Poul Anderson

Poul Anderson

Poul William Anderson was an American science fiction author who began his career during one of the Golden Ages of the genre and continued to write and remain popular into the 21st century. Anderson also authored several works of fantasy, historical novels, and a prodigious number of short stories. He received numerous awards for his writing, including seven Hugo Awards and three Nebula Awards. Anderson received a degree in physics from the University of Minnesota in 1948. He married Karen Kruse in 1953. They had one daughter, Astrid, who is married to science fiction author Greg Bear....
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quick facts
Birthdate:November 25, 1926
Birthplace:Bristol, Pennsylvania
Date of death:July 31, 2001
Also known as:A. A. Craig, Michael Karageorge, Poul William Anderson

Honors and Awards

YearAwardWork
1972 Nebula Award for Best Novelette Goat Song
1971 Nebula Award for Best Novelette The Queen of Air and Darkness
1981 Nebula Award for Best Novella The Saturn Game
2001 John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel Genesis
1982 Hugo Award for Best Novella The Saturn Game
1972 Hugo Award for Best Novella The Queen of Air and Darkness
1961 Hugo Award for Best Short Fiction The Longest Voyage
1973 Hugo Award for Best Novelette Goat Song
1979 Hugo Award for Best Novelette Hunter's Moon
1964 Hugo Award for Best Short Fiction No Truce With Kings
1969 Hugo Award for Best Novelette The Sharing of Flesh
1974 August Derleth Award Hrolf Kraki's Saga
1975 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award A Midsummer Tempest
2009 Stalker Award for Best Anthology or Collection Taevarahvas: Poul Andersoni parimad jutud
1995 Prometheus Award for Best Novel The Stars are Also Fire
1995 Prometheus Hall of Fame Award The Star Fox
1985 Prometheus Hall of Fame Award Trader to the Stars
1972 Locus Award for Best Short Story The Queen of Air and Darkness
1989 Nominated - Nebula Award for Best Novel The Boat of a Million Years
1975 Nominated - Nebula Award for Best Novel A Midsummer Tempest
1973 Nominated - Nebula Award for Best Novel The People of the Wind
1965 Nominated - Nebula Award for Best Novel The Star Fox
1971 Nominated - Nebula Award for Best Novel The Byworlder
1971 Nominated - Nebula Award for Best Novelette The Queen of Air and Darkness
1970 Nominated - Nebula Award for Best Novella The Fatal Fulfillment
1979 Nominated - Nebula Award for Best Novelette The Ways of Love
1968 Nominated - Nebula Award for Best Novelette The Sharing of Flesh
1972 Nominated - Nebula Award for Best Novelette Goat Song
1965 Nominated - Nebula Award for Best Novelette The Life of Your Time
1968 Nominated - Nebula Award for Best Short Story Kyrie
1981 Nominated - Nebula Award for Best Novella The Saturn Game
1982 Nominated - Hugo Award for Best Novella The Saturn Game
1972 Nominated - Hugo Award for Best Novella The Queen of Air and Darkness
1990 Nominated - Hugo Award for Best Novel The Boat of a Million Years
1975 Nominated - Hugo Award for Best Novel Fire Time
1971 Nominated - Hugo Award for Best Novel Tau Zero
1961 Nominated - Hugo Award for Best Novel The High Crusade
1974 Nominated - Hugo Award for Best Novel The People of the Wind
1973 Nominated - Hugo Award for Best Novel There Will Be Time
1959 Nominated - Hugo Award for Best Novel The Enemy Stars
1969 Nominated - Hugo Award for Best Novelette The Sharing of Flesh
1973 Nominated - Hugo Award for Best Novelette Goat Song
1979 Nominated - Hugo Award for Best Novelette Hunter's Moon
1964 Nominated - Hugo Award for Best Short Story No Truce With Kings
1961 Nominated - Hugo Award for Best Short Story The Longest Voyage
1966 Nominated - Hugo Award for Best Short Story Marque and Reprisal
1973 Nominated - Mythopoeic Fantasy Award The Dancer from Atlantis
1974 Nominated - Mythopoeic Fantasy Award Hrolf Kraki's Saga
1975 Nominated - Mythopoeic Fantasy Award A Midsummer Tempest
2010 Nominated - Prometheus Hall of Fame Award No Truce With Kings
1995 Nominated - Prometheus Award for Best Novel The Stars are Also Fire
1990 Nominated - Prometheus Award for Best Novel The Boat of a Million Years
1984 Nominated - Prometheus Award for Best Novel Orion Shall Rise
1998 Nominated - Prometheus Award for Best Novel The Fleet of the Stars
2007 Nominated - Prometheus Hall of Fame Award Ensign Flandry
2002 Nominated - Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel Mother of Kings
1987 Nominated - Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel Roma Mater
1980 Nominated - Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel The Merman's Children
2003 Nominated - Locus Award for Best Collection Going for Infinity
1997 Nominated - Locus Award for Best Collection All One Universe
1991 Nominated - Locus Award for Best Collection The Shield of Time
1984 Nominated - Locus Award for Best Collection Hoka!
1984 Nominated - Locus Award for Best Collection Time Patrolman
1980 Nominated - Locus Award for Best Art Book The Demon of Scattery
1993 Nominated - Locus Award for Best Short Story In Memoriam
1973 Nominated - Locus Award for Best Short Story Goat Song
1972 Nominated - Locus Award for Best Short Story The Queen of Air and Darkness
1971 Nominated - Locus Award for Best Short Story The Fatal Fulfillment
1979 Nominated - Locus Award for Best Novel The Avatar
1975 Nominated - Locus Award for Best Novel A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows
1975 Nominated - Locus Award for Best Novel A Midsummer Tempest
1975 Nominated - Locus Award for Best Novel Fire Time
1974 Nominated - Locus Award for Best Novel The People of the Wind
1973 Nominated - Locus Award for Best Novel There Will Be Time
1972 Nominated - Locus Award for Best Novel The Byworlder
1971 Nominated - Locus Award for Best Novel Tau Zero
2001 Nominated - Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel Genesis
1999 Nominated - Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel Starfarers
1998 Nominated - Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel The Fleet of the Stars
1995 Nominated - Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel The Stars are Also Fire
1994 Nominated - Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel Harvest of Stars
1990 Nominated - Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel The Boat of a Million Years
1984 Nominated - Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel Orion Shall Rise
1978 Nominated - Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel Mirkheim
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Written works by Poul Anderson

TitlePublishedGenre
The High Crusade 1960 Science Fiction
Time and Stars 1964 Science Fiction
The Boat of a Million Years 1989 Science Fiction
Call me Joe 1957
Operation Chaos 1971 Fantasy
Tau Zero 1970 Science Fiction
Fire Time 1974 Science Fiction
Eutopia
Inconstant Star Science Fiction
Operation Luna 1999 Alternate history
Question and Answer 1956 Science Fiction
Three Hearts and Three Lions Fantasy
After Doomsday 1962 Science Fiction
The Entity 1949
A Midsummer Tempest 1974 Fantasy
The Pirate 1968
Un-Man 1953
Conan the Rebel Fantasy
Marius 1957
The Broken Sword 1954 Fantasy
Orion Shall Rise 1983 Science Fiction
Hrolf Kraki's Saga 1973 Fantasy
The Man Who Came Early
Delenda Est
Lodestar
Orbit Unlimited Science Fiction
Brain Wave Science Fiction
The Saturn Game
The Sharing of Flesh
The Longest Voyage
No Truce With Kings
Earthman's Burden 1957 Science Fiction
Hoka! 1983 Science Fiction
The Queen of Air and Darkness 1971
Goat Song 1972
Hoka! Hoka! Hoka! 1998 Science Fiction
Hokas Pokas! 2000 Science Fiction
The Life of Your Time
The Ways of Love
Kyrie
The Fatal Fulfillment
Genesis Speculative fiction
The Byworlder 1971 Speculative fiction
The Star Fox Speculative fiction
The People of the Wind 1973 Speculative fiction
The Long Night
Conflict Speculative fiction
The long night Speculative fiction
Operation Salamander
Operation Changeling
Operation Incubus
Operation Afreet
Hunter's Moon
Explorations Speculative fiction
Mother of Kings 2001 Historical novel
War of the Gods Speculative fiction
The Shield of Time Speculative fiction
The Devil's Game Speculative fiction
The Winter of the World Speculative fiction
Inheritors of Earth Speculative fiction
The Dancer from Atlantis Speculative fiction
Tales of the Flying Mountains Speculative fiction
The Corridors of Time Speculative fiction
The Makeshift Rocket Speculative fiction
Twilight World Speculative fiction
The Road of the Sea Horse Speculative fiction
No World of Their Own Speculative fiction
Vault of the Ages Speculative fiction
Let the Spacemen Beware! Speculative fiction
The Game of Empire Speculative fiction
A Stone in Heaven Speculative fiction
A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows 1975 Speculative fiction
The Day of Their Return Speculative fiction
A Circus of Hells Speculative fiction
Ensign Flandry Speculative fiction
Satan's World Speculative fiction
War of the Wing-Men Speculative fiction
The Dog and the Wolf Speculative fiction
Dahut Speculative fiction
Gallicenae Speculative fiction
The Avatar 1978 Speculative fiction
Mirkheim Speculative fiction
Roma Mater 1986 Speculative fiction
Flandry Speculative fiction
The Ancient Gods Speculative fiction
To Outlive Eternity and Other Stories Speculative fiction
The Earth Book of Stormgate One Speculative fiction
The Earth Book of Stormgate Three Speculative fiction
How to Build a Planet
There Will Be Time 1972 Speculative fiction
Thermonuclear Warfare
Is There Life on Other Worlds?
The King of Ys, Volume I Speculative fiction
The King of Ys, Volume II Speculative fiction
Let the Spacemen Beware! / The Wizard of Starship Poseidon Speculative fiction
Planet of No Return / Star Guard Speculative fiction
The Snows of Ganymede / War of the Wing-Men Speculative fiction
Threshold of Eternity / The War of Two Worlds Speculative fiction
Un-Man and Other Novellas / The Makeshift Rocket Speculative fiction
Annals of the Time Patrol Speculative fiction
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Places Poul Anderson has lived

Map showing Places Lived by Poul Anderson
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Personal relationships of Poul Anderson

Karen Kruse Anderson
Karen Kruse Anderson
Age:80
Relationship type:Marriage

Karen Kruse Anderson is the widow and sometime co-author of Poul Anderson, and mother-in-law of writer Greg Bear. She is noted as the first person to use the term filk music in print. She also wrote the first published science fiction haiku , "Six Haiku" . She also probably coined the term sophont...
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Frequently Asked Questions

  • Q:
    What was Poul Anderson's profession?
  • A:
    Poul Anderson was an accomplished writer and novelist.
  • Q:
    What awards has Poul Anderson been nominated for?
  • A:
    Award nominations include:
    - Nebula Award for Best Novel for the book "The Boat of a Million Years"
    - Nebula Award for Best Novel for the book "A Midsummer Tempest"
    - Nebula Award for Best Novel for the book "The People of the Wind"
    - Nebula Award for Best Novel for the book "The Star Fox"
    - Nebula Award for Best Novel for the book "The Byworlder"
    - Nebula Award for Best Novelette for "The Queen of Air and Darkness"
    - Nebula Award for Best Novella for "The Fatal Fulfillment"
  • Q:
    Where was Poul Anderson born?
  • A:
    Poul Anderson was born in Bristol.
  • Q:
    Which popular book titles have been composed by writer, Poul Anderson?
  • A:
    Well known books include -
    - The Boat of a Million Years
    - Inconstant Star
    - After Doomsday
    - Tau Zero
    - Fire Time
    - A Midsummer Tempest
    - The High Crusade
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