When was Roger Zelazny born and where did he grow up?
Roger Zelazny was born on the 13th of May 1937 in Euclid, Ohio. He was the only child of a Polish immigrant father and an Irish-American mother.
Common questions about Roger Zelazny
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What education did Roger Zelazny receive before becoming a full-time writer?
Roger Zelazny earned a Bachelor of Arts in English from Western Reserve University in 1959 and a Master of Arts from Columbia University in 1962. He specialized in Elizabethan and Jacobean drama with a dissertation on morality and humor in The Revenger's Tragedy.
When did Roger Zelazny quit his job to write full-time?
Roger Zelazny quit his job at the US Social Security Administration on the 1st of May 1969 to become a full-time writer. He had previously worked in Cleveland and then Baltimore while writing science fiction in his evenings.
How many awards did Roger Zelazny win for his fiction works?
Roger Zelazny won at least 16 awards for specific works of fiction including six Hugo Awards and three Nebula Awards. He also received two Locus Awards, one Prix Tour-Apollo Award, two Seiun Awards, and two Balrog Awards.
When and where did Roger Zelazny die?
Roger Zelazny died on the 16th of June 1995 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He was 58 years old and died of kidney failure secondary to colorectal cancer after living in the city for twenty years.