
Daniel Keyes
Daniel Keyes was an American writer best known as the author of the novel Flowers for Algernon. Keyes was given the Author Emeritus honor by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America in 2000.
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- Brooklyn
- Educated at
- New York UniversityBrooklyn CollegeThomas Jefferson High School
- Awards
- 🏆 Nebula Award for Best Novel🏆 Author Emeritus🏆 Hugo Award for Best Short Story
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Trending topics shown first"As when men to keep from being swept overboard in the storm clutch at each other's hands to resist being torn apart, so our bodies fused a link in the human chain that kept us from being swept into no…"
"How many great problems have gone unsolved because men didn't know enough, or have enough faith in the creative process and in themselves, to let go for the whole mind to work at it?"
"Strange about learning; the farther I go the more I see that I never knew even existed."
"The answer can't be found in books — or be solved by bringing it to other people. Not unless you want to remain a child all your life. You've got to find the answer inside you — feel the right thing t…"
"The foolish thing was trying to solve the problem all by myself. But the deeper I get tangled up in this mass of dreams and memories the more I realize that emotional problems can't be solved as intel…"
"People resent being shown that they don't approach the complexities of the problem — they don't know what exists beyond the surface ripples."
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Timeline
1927
Born
Birth2014
Died
Death
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