Suzette Haden Elgin (1936–2015)
Auteur van Native Tongue
Over de Auteur
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, toon meer 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) toon minder
Ontwarringsbericht:
(eng) Other sites show birthplace as Jefferson City, Missouri, USA.
Fotografie: George Elgin
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Werken van Suzette Haden Elgin
How to Disagree Without Being Disagreeable: Getting Your Point Across with the Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense (1997) 125 exemplaren
The Communipaths / The Noblest Experiment in the Galaxy (Ace Double, 11560) (1970) — Auteur — 56 exemplaren
You Can't Say That to Me: Stopping the Pain of Verbal Abuse -- An 8-Step Program (1995) 47 exemplaren
The Language Imperative: The Power of Language to Enrich Your Life and Expand Your Mind (1999) 47 exemplaren
The Gentle Art of Verbal Written Self-Defense : Letters in Response to Triple-F Situations (1993) 45 exemplaren
Businessspeak: Using the Gentle Art of Verbal Persuasion to Get What You Want at Work (1977) 15 exemplaren
Try to Feel It My Way: New Help for Touch Dominant People and Those Who Care About Them (1996) 12 exemplaren
For the Sake of Grace 5 exemplaren
Lo, How an Oak E'er Blooming [short fiction] 2 exemplaren
Twenty-One Novel Poems 2 exemplaren
A Third Dictionary and Grammar of Láadan 1 exemplaar
Guide to Transformational Grammar 1 exemplaar
Soon To Be a Major Embarrassment 1 exemplaar
Dragons, Cows, & Kudzu 1 exemplaar
We Have Always Spoken Panglish 1 exemplaar
What The Epa Don't Know Won't Hurt Them 1 exemplaar
Weather Bulletin 1 exemplaar
Only a Housewife 1 exemplaar
Honor Is Golden 1 exemplaar
Gerelateerde werken
The Norton Book of Science Fiction: North American Science Fiction, 1960-1990 (1993) — Medewerker — 315 exemplaren
Isaac Asimov's Wonderful Worlds of Science Fiction, Volume 2: The Science Fictional Olympics (1984) — Medewerker, sommige edities — 88 exemplaren
Nebula Awards 24: SFWA's Choices for the Best Science Fiction and Fantasy 1988 (1988) — Medewerker — 58 exemplaren
Women of Other Worlds: Excursions Through Science Fiction and Feminism (1999) — Medewerker — 42 exemplaren
Light Years and Dark: Science Fiction and Fantasy of and for Our Time (1984) — Medewerker — 36 exemplaren
Women of Vision : Essays by Women Writing Science Fiction (1988) — Medewerker, sommige edities — 33 exemplaren
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1984, Vol. 67, No. 2 (1984) — Auteur — 14 exemplaren
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Vol. 9, No. 10 [October 1985] (1985) — Medewerker — 14 exemplaren
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Vol. 9, No. 12 [December 1985] (1905) — Medewerker — 13 exemplaren
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1990, Vol. 78, No. 3 (1990) — Auteur — 12 exemplaren
Tagged
Algemene kennis
- Officiële naam
- Wilkins, Patricia Anne Suzette
- Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten
- Elgin, Patricia Anne Suzette Wilkins
- Geboortedatum
- 1936-11-18
- Overlijdensdatum
- 2015-01-27
- Geslacht
- female
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Geboorteplaats
- Louisiana, Missouri, USA
- Plaats van overlijden
- Arkansas, USA
- Woonplaatsen
- Arkansas, USA
- Opleiding
- University of California, San Diego (PhD, Linguistics)
- Beroepen
- linguist
writer
poet - Organisaties
- Science Fiction Poetry Association (founder)
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
Ozark Center for Language Studies (founder)
San Diego State University - Ontwarringsbericht
- Other sites show birthplace as Jefferson City, Missouri, USA.
Leden
Discussies
Found: Sci-fi book about translators in Name that Book (september 2021)
***Group Read: Native Tongue by Suzette Hadel Elgin (spoiler thread) in 75 Books Challenge for 2011 (maart 2011)
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Books Read in 2015 (10)
SF Masterworks (1)
SFFKit 2022 (1)
Female Author (1)
Favourite Books (1)
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- Populariteit
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- Besprekingen
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- ISBNs
- 135
- Talen
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- Favoriet
- 15