Samuel R. Delany

Samuel R. "Chip" Delany is an American writer and literary critic. His work includes fiction, memoir, criticism, and essays on science fiction, literature, sexuality, and society. His fiction includes Babel-17, The Einstein Intersection ; Hogg, Nova, Dhalgren, the Return to Nevèrÿon series, and Through the Valley of the Nest of Spiders. His nonfiction includes Times Square Red, Times Square Blue, About Writing, and eight books of essays. He has won four Nebula awards and two Hugo Awards, and he was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame in 2002.

1 April 1942

Born on the same birth date (1 April 1942): Richard D. Wolff

Born on the same birth day (1 April): Alexander Stubb • Chris Evans (presenter) • Clarence Seedorf • David N'Gog • Edgar Wallace • George Baker (British actor) • Gideon Gadot • Gilberto Macena • Paul Manafort • Payut Ngaokrachang • Taran Killam • Walter Bahr • William Bergsma • William Manchester

Born in the same month (April 1942): Anita Pallenberg • Barry Levinson • Bill Bryden • Buster Williams • Dick Chrysler • Francis X. DiLorenzo • Frank Williams (Formula One) • James Underwood (pathologist) • Jeetendra • Kitty Kelley • Leon Russell • Michael Kergin • Sandra Dee • Svyatoslav Belza • Tim Lankester