Doris P. Buck
Doris Pitkin Buck | |
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 Doris Ellen Pitkin, from the 1920 yearbook of Bryn Mawr College | |
| Born | Doris Ellen Pitkin January 3, 1898 New York City |
| Died | December 4, 1980 |
| Education | |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, actress, educator |
Doris Pitkin Buck (January 3, 1898[1] – December 4, 1980[2][3]) was an American science fiction author.[4]
Born in New York City, she graduated from Bryn Mawr College in 1920 and Columbia University with a master's degree in 1925.[3] She was a stage actress before marrying Richard Buck. She taught English at Ohio State University and was a founding member of the Science Fiction Writers of America.[3]
She published numerous science fiction stories and poems, many of them in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. Buck started published at fifty-four with her first story, "Aunt Agatha" in the October 1952 Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction.[4] Her story "The Little Blue Weeds of Spring" from the June 1966 issue was a nominee on the first ballot for the Nebula Award for Best Short Story.[5] Her story "Why They Mobbed the White House" appeared in Damon Knight's anthology Orbit 3 (1968). Her story "The Giberel" appeared in Robert Silverberg's anthology New Dimensions 1 (1971) and reappeared in Lloyd Biggle, Jr.'s Nebula Award Stories 7 (1972). Her story "Cacophony in Pink and Ochre" is one of the stories slated to appear in Harlan Ellison's unpublished anthology The Last Dangerous Visions.
Buck died at age 82 of a pulmonary embolism.[2] Her final publication was the poem "Travel Tip", published posthumously in the June 1981 issue of F&SF.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Doris Pitkin Buck - Summary Bibliography". The Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved July 31, 2011.
- ^ a b "Doris P(itkin) Buck." Contemporary Authors Online. Detroit: Gale, 1998. Literature Resources from Gale. Web. 31 July 2011.
- ^ a b c d Davin, Eric Leif (2006). Partners in Wonder: Women and the Birth of Science Fiction 1926–1965. Lexington Books. p. 373. ISBN 0-7391-1266-X.
- ^ a b "Doris Pitkin Buck". The Future is Female! A celebration of the women who made science fiction their own, from pulp pioneers to Ursula K. LeGuin. Library of America. Retrieved 2022-04-11.
- ^ "Bibliography: The Little Blue Weeds of Spring". The Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved July 31, 2011.
External links
[edit]- Doris P. Buck at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Doris Pitkin Buck at The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
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