 |
|||||||||||||||||||||||
 |
|
|
|
|||||
|
 |
 |
Biography of Octavia E. ButlerName: Octavia E. ButlerBirth Date: June 22, 1947 Death Date: N/A Place of Birth: Pasadena, California, United States Nationality: American Gender: Female Occupations: author Octavia E. Butler Octavia Butler (born 1947) is best known as the author of the Patternist series of science fiction novels in which she explores topics traditionally given only cursory treatment in the genre, including sexual identity and racial conflict. Butler's heroines are black women who are both mentally and physically powerful .Butler grew up in a racially mixed neighborhood in Pasadena, California. Her father died while she was very young, and her mother worked as a maid to support the two of them. Butler has written memoirs of her mother's sacrifices: buying her a typewriter of her own when she was ten years old, and to paying a large fee to an unscrupulous agent so Butler's stories could be read. Butler entered student contests as a teenager, and after attending workshops like the Writers Guild of America, West "open door" program during the late 1960s and the Clarion Science Fiction Writer's Workshop in 1970, …showed first 150 words…
…showed last 150 words…StatesDavid Mamet (1947-) American playwrightStephen King (1947-) American writerDavid Bowie (1947-) British singer/musicianMeryl Streep (1949-) American actressSelected world events:1949: George Orwell's 1984 published1954: William Golding's Lord of the Flies published1955: U.S. occupation of Japan ended1963: President John F. Kennedy assassinated in Dallas1966: Star Trek premieres on NBC television1969: Neil Armstrong was first person to walk on the moon1981: IBM introduced its first personal computer1987: Toni Morrison's Beloved published Further Reading Contemporary Literary Criticism,Volume 38, Gale, 1986.Dictionary of Literary Biography,Volume 33: Afro-American Fiction Writers After 1955, Gale, 1984.Analog: Science Fiction/Science Fact, January 5, 1981; November, 1984; December 15, 1987; December, 1988.Black American Literature Forum, summer, 1984.Black Scholar, March/April, 1986. Equal Opportunity Forum Magazine, Number 8, 1980.Essence, April, 1979; May, 1989, pp. 74, 79, 132, 134.Extrapolation, spring, 1982.Fantasy Review, July, 1984.Janus, winter, 1978-79.Los Angeles Times, January 30, 1981.Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, February, 1980; August, 1984.Ms., March, 1986; June, 1987. Salaga, 1981.Science Fiction Review, May, 1984. Thrust: Science Fiction in Review, summer, 1979.Washington Post Book World, September 28, 1980; June 28, 1987; July 31, 1988; June 25, 1989. |