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- Birth nameFrederik George Pohl Jr.
- Frederik Pohl was born on November 26, 1919 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Romulus, Il tunnel sotto il mondo (1969) and Tales of Tomorrow (1951). He was married to Elizabeth Anne Hull, Carol M. Ulf Stanton, Judith Merril, Dorothy LesTina and Leslie Perri. He died on September 2, 2013 in Palatine, Illinois, USA.
- SpousesElizabeth Anne Hull(1984 - September 2, 2013) (his death)Carol M. Ulf Stanton(1953 - 1983) (divorced, 3 children)Judith Merril(1949 - 1952) (divorced, 1 child)Dorothy LesTina(August 1945 - 1947) (divorced)Leslie Perri(August 1940 - 1944) (divorced)
- Famous American science fiction novelist, editor and literary agent. A lifelong friend of Isaac Asimov and Cyril M. Kornbluth, with whom he collaborated on such popular novels as "The Space Merchants" (1953). He was barely into his twenties when he became the first editor of the magazines "Astounding Stories" and "Super Science Stories" and was later respected as editor of "Galaxy Science Fiction" and of its companion publications, "If," "Worlds of Tomorrow," and "Magabook."
- Won Nebula Awards for his novels "Man Plus" and "Gateway".
- Won Hugo Awards for his novel "Gateway" and for his short stories "The Meeting" and "Fermi and Frost"
- Guest of honor at UNICON I science-fiction convention (University of Maryland, April 11-13, 1975).
- In August 2009, Mr. Pohl received an Honorary Degree from Brooklyn Technical High School. He attended the school for three years some 75 years before but did not graduate.
- There are well understood terms of engagement between the people who write for publication, on one hand, and the academics and critics who discuss it, on the other. Writers write. Then the academics explain what the writer has written and the critics explain how it could have been written so much better.
- If you read science fiction, nothing ever takes you by surprise. [in a 1987 interview with the Washington Post]
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