Algis Budrys
Algirdas Jonas Budrys ( born January 9, 1931 in Königsberg, East Prussia, † June 9, 2008 ) was an American science fiction writer, who published his works under the abbreviated form of his name Algis Budrys.
Life
Algis Budrys was born in 1931 in Königsberg as a Lithuanian citizen under the name Algirdas Jonas Budrys. His father was the local consul of the Lithuanian Government, later a member of the Lithuanian government in exile ( Budrys was originally the code name - Lithuanian for sentries ). 1936 the family emigrated to the USA and took there the code name officially.
Budrys received his education in the years 1947-1951 at the University of Miami and later at Columbia University in New York. During and after his studies, he first worked for American Express Company, in 1952 as an editor and manager in some science fiction publishers, but also began to write. He started at Gnome Press, which published one of the first publishers in hardback SF. He then worked in the 50s for Galaxy, Venture, The Magazine Of Fantasy And Science Fiction and Ellery Queen 's Mystery Magazine. In the 60 jobs for Regency Books, Playboy Press and car magazines were added. He was from 1993 to 2000 publisher of Tomorrow Speculative Fiction magazine, which continued to exist after 24 printed editions online.
Budrys was the author of ten novels, three short story collections, and five non-fiction books and more than 200 short stories. His novels have been nominated for the Hugo and the Nebula Award. ? Who, a classic science fiction novel, was established in 1973 as a template for the movie The Man from metal with Elliott Gould and Trevor Howard as the main character used (directed by Jack Gold ). Budrys also taught at Columbia University in Chicago, Harvard University and others.
Algis Budrys was married, became a father of four sons and lived in Evanston, Illinois. He died in 2008 at home of complications from skin cancer.
Budrys also published under the pseudonyms Frank Mason, Paul Janvier, William Scarff, Robert Marner, David C. Hodgkins and Alger Rome ( in collaboration with Jerome Bixby ) and John A. Sentry (see above: ' Sentry ' means ' guard ').