Robert Silverberg

Robert Silverberg (born January 15, 1935) is an American author, best known for writing science fiction. He is a multiple winner of both the Hugo and Nebula Awards. Silverberg was born in Brooklyn, New York. A voracious reader since childhood, he began submitting stories to science fiction magazines during his early teenage years. He attended Columbia University, receiving an A.B. in English Literature in 1956. His first published novel, a childr... more

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  • Jan 15, 1935 (age 74 years)

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Also known as:

  • Bob Silverberg,
  • Calvin Knox,
  • Calvin M. Knox,
  • Charles D. Hammer,
  • Clyde Mitchell,
  • David Challon,
  • David Osborne,
  • E. K. Jarvis,
  • George Osborne,
  • Gordon Aghill,
  • Hall Thornton,
  • Ivar Jorgensen,
  • Ivar Jorgenson,
  • Leonard G. Spencer,
  • Ralph Burke,
  • Richard Greer,
  • Robert Arnette,
  • Robert Randall,
  • S. M. Tenneshaw,
  • T. D. Bethlen,
  • Warren Kastel,
  • Webber Martin
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Date Hall of fame
  • 1999
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