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): Abbé Prévost • Bernard Stiegler • Gaston Eyskens • Gianluca Musacci • Hillary Scott • O. W. Fischer • Octavian Goga • Rolf Hochhuth • Titina Silá • Vitor Belfort • William Bergsma

Born in the same month (April 1942): Alan Price • Barry Levinson • Billy Joe Royal • Bobby Rydell • Dnyaneshwar Agashe • Francis X. DiLorenzo • Frank Williams (Formula One) • Geoffrey Palmer (politician) • James Underwood (pathologist) • Jochen Rindt • Michael Kergin • Mike Brearley • Nick Auf der Maur • Rennie Fritchie, Baroness Fritchie • Roger Chapman • Tony Banks, Baron Stratford • Valentin Lebedev • Wayne Newton