Vance, Jack, 1916-2013
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- Phone call to author, 1/14/86(Jack Vance; b. date is 1916, not withstanding citation in some books, ref. sources as b. 1920)
- a.k.a., also known as : author pseudonyms, aliases, nicknames, working names, legalized names, pen names, noms de plume, maiden names-- etc., via WWW, Jan. 10, 2006(Vance, John Holbrook (1916-): Peter Held, John Holbrook, Ellery Queen, John van See, Jack Vance, Alan Wade)
- The house on Lily Street, 1979:t.p. (John Holbrook Vance)
- Guardian (online), viewed May 30, 2013(Jack (John Holbrook) Vance, Aug. 28, 1916, Pacific Heights, San Francisco; d. May 26, 2013; master of bold and bizarre science fiction)
- MercuryNews.com, viewed May 30, 2013(Jack Vance; b. in San Francisco; d. Sunday evening [May 26, 2013], Oakland, aged 96; award-winning mystery, fantasy, and science fiction author who wrote more than 60 books; Jack Vance, whose legal name was John Holbrook [Vance], published most of his work as Jack Vance, but he also wrote 11 mysteries as John Holbrook Vance and three as Ellery Queen, as well as books under the pen names of Alan Wade, Peter Held, John van See, and Jay Kavanse, according to the Jack Vance website, which is maintained by family and friends)
- Gale biography in context, viewed May 30, 2013(Jack Vance; b. Aug. 28, 1916, San Francisco; son of Charles Albert and Edith Vance)
- New York times (online), viewed June 3, 2013(in obituary published June 2: Jack Vance; b. John Holbrook Vance, Aug. 28, 1916, San Francisco; d. Sunday [May 26, 2013], Oakland, Calif., aged 96; used his full given name, as well as pseudonyms, on some of his books)
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John Holbrook Vance (August 28, 1916 – May 26, 2013) was an American mystery, fantasy, and science fiction writer. Though most of his work has been published under the name Jack Vance, he also wrote several mystery novels under pen names, including Ellery Queen. Vance won the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement in 1984, and he was a Guest of Honor at the 1992 World Science Fiction Convention in Orlando, Florida. The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America made him its 15th Grand Master in 1997, and the Science Fiction Hall of Fame inducted him in 2001, its sixth class of two deceased and two living writers. His most notable awards included Hugo Awards in 1963 for The Dragon Masters, in 1967 for The Last Castle, and in 2010 for his memoir This Is Me, Jack Vance!; the Nebula Award in 1966, also for The Last Castle; the Jupiter Award in 1975 and the World Fantasy Award in 1990 for Lyonesse: Madouc, and the Edgar Award in 1961 for the best first mystery novel for The Man in the Cage. His first publications were stories in science fiction magazines. As he became well known, he published novellas and novels, many of which were translated into French, Dutch, Spanish, Russian, Italian and German. An Integral Edition of all Vance's works was published in 44 volumes and in 2010 a six-volume The Complete Jack Vance was released. A 2009 profile in The New York Times Magazine described Vance as "one of American literature's most distinctive and undervalued voices". He died at his home in Oakland, California on May 26, 2013, aged 96.
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