Harlan Ellison

Writing

Born: 1934-05-27
Died: 2018-06-28
From: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Gender: Male
Popularity: 0.4

Also Known As

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Biography

Harlan Jay Ellison (May 27, 1934 – June 28, 2018) was an American writer, known for his prolific and influential work in New Wave speculative fiction and for his outspoken, combative personality. His published works include more than 1,700 short stories, novellas, screenplays, comic book scripts, teleplays, essays, and a wide range of criticism covering literature, film, television, and print media. Some of his best-known works include the 1967 Star Trek episode "The City on the Edge of Forever", considered by some to be the greatest episode of Star Trek ever(he subsequently wrote a book about the experience that includes his original screenplay), his A Boy and His Dog cycle (which was made into a film), and his short stories "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream" and "'Repent, Harlequin!' Said the Ticktockman". He was also editor and anthologist for Dangerous Visions (1967) and Again, Dangerous Visions (1972). Ellison won numerous awards, including multiple Hugos, Nebulas, and Edgars.

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Awards & Nominations27 won · 33 nominated

🏆 Won

Prometheus Award - Hall of Fame

"Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman

2015
Nominated

Nebula Award for Best Short Story

How Interesting: A Tiny Man

2011
🏆 Won

Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame

2011
🏆 Won

Nebula Award for Best Short Story

How Interesting: A Tiny Man

2011
🏆 Won

Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award

2006
Nominated

Nebula Award for Best Short Story

Goodbye to All That

2004
Nominated

Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best Foreign-Language Short Story

Slippage

2003
Nominated

World Fantasy Award for Best Collection

The Essential Ellison

2002
Nominated

Locus Award for Best Short Story

Incognita, Inc.

2002
🏆 Won

World Horror Convention Grand Master Award

2000
🏆 Won

Locus Award for Best Collection

Slippage

1998
Nominated

Nebula Award for Best Novella

Mefisto in Onyx

1995
🏆 Won

Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement

1995
Nominated

Nebula Award for Best Short Story

The Man Who Rowed Christopher Columbus Ashore

1994
Nominated

World Fantasy Award for Best Novella

Mefisto in Onyx

1994
Nominated

Hugo Award for Best Novella

Mefisto in Onyx

1994
Nominated

Locus Award for Best Novella

Mefisto in Onyx

1994
🏆 Won

Locus Award for Best Novella

Mefisto in Onyx

1994
Nominated

World Fantasy Award for Best Collection

Harlan Ellison's Watching

1990
Nominated

Hugo Award for Best Novelette

The Function of Dream Sleep

1989
🏆 Won

World Fantasy Award for Best Collection

Angry Candy

1989
🏆 Won

Locus Award for Best Novelette

The Function of Dream Sleep

1989
🏆 Won

Locus Award for Best Short Story

Eidolons

1989
🏆 Won

Locus Award for Best Collection

Angry Candy

1989
Nominated

Locus Award for Best Collection

The Essential Ellison

1988
Nominated

Bram Stoker Award for Best Fiction Collection

Angry Candy

1988
🏆 Won

Bram Stoker Award for Best Fiction Collection

The Essential Ellison

1987
🏆 Won

Inkpot Award

1987
Nominated

Nebula Award for Best Novelette

Paladin of the Lost Hour

1986
🏆 Won

Locus Award for Best Novelette

Paladin of the Lost Hour

1986
🏆 Won

Locus Award for Best Anthology

Medea: Harlan's World

1986
🏆 Won

Hugo Award for Best Novelette

Paladin of the Lost Hour

1986
🏆 Won

Locus Award for Best Short Story

With Virgil Oddum at the East Pole

1986
Nominated

Locus Award for Best Collection

Stalking the Nightmare

1983
🏆 Won

Locus Award for Best Novelette

Djinn, No Chaser

1983
Nominated

Locus Award for Best Short Story

On the Slab

1982
Nominated

Locus Award for Best Collection

Shatterday

1981
Nominated

Hugo Award for Best Novella

All the Lies That Are My Life

1981
Nominated

World Fantasy Award for Best Collection

Shatterday

1981
Nominated

Locus Award for Best Novella

All the Lies That Are My Life

1981
Nominated

Locus Award for Best Short Story

All the Birds Come Home to Roost

1980
Nominated

Locus Award for Best Collection

Strange Wine

1979
Nominated

Hugo Award for Best Short Story

Count the Clock That Tells the Time

1979
🏆 Won

Locus Award for Best Short Story

Count the Clock That Tells the Time

1979
🏆 Won

British Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction

Jeffty Is Five

1979
🏆 Won

British Fantasy Awards

Jeffty Is Five

1979
Nominated

Nebula Award for Best Short Story

Jeffty Is Five

1978
Nominated

World Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction

Jeffty Is Five

1978
🏆 Won

Hugo Award for Best Short Story

Jeffty Is Five

1978
🏆 Won

Locus Award for Best Short Fiction

Jeffty Is Five

1978
🏆 Won

Nebula Award for Best Short Story

Jeffty Is Five

1978
Nominated

Locus Award for Best Short Story

Seeing

1977
Nominated

Locus Award for Best Short Story

From A to Z, in the Chocolate Alphabet

1977
🏆 Won

Jupiter Award

Jeffty Is Five

1977
Nominated

Locus Award for Best Short Story

Shatterday

1976
Nominated

Locus Award for Best Collection

Deathbird Stories

1976
Nominated

Hugo Award for Best Short Story

Croatoan

1976
Nominated

Nebula Award for Best Short Story

Shatterday

1976
Nominated

World Fantasy Award for Best Collection

Deathbird Stories

1976
🏆 Won

Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation

A Boy and His Dog

1976

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