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Delany was born and raised in Harlem and attended the Bronx High School of Science. Delany and the poet Marilyn Hacker, who met in high school, were married for several years and have a daughter.

Delany spent 11 years teaching at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, a year and a half at the University at Buffalo, and moved to the English Department of Temple University in 2001.

He has written extensively in science fictionScience fiction generally speaking, is a form of speculative fiction which deals principally with the impact of imagined science and/or technology upon society or individuals. There are, perhaps, exceptions to (or at least, some very unusual examples of) and fantasyFor other definitions of fantasy see Fantasy (psychology). In literature, fantasy is a form of fiction, usually novels or short stories, though fantasy role-playing games comic books and movies are also popular. In its broadest sense, "Fantasy Fiction" co genres. He is also the author of a number of fictionThree Graces, here in a painting by Sandro Botticelli, were the goddesses of charm, beauty, nature, human creativity and fertility in Greek mythology. Fiction is the term used to describe works of the imagination. This is in contrast to non-fiction, whichal and autobiographical works that include references to extreme aspects of human sexuality. He has also published several books of literary criticism, with an emphasis on issues in science fictionScience fiction generally speaking, is a form of speculative fiction which deals principally with the impact of imagined science and/or technology upon society or individuals. There are, perhaps, exceptions to (or at least, some very unusual examples of) and other paraliterary genreThe term genre refers to the traditional divisions of art forms from a single field of activity into various kinds according to criteria particular to that form. Genre" is originally a French word meaning "kind", "sort" or "type"; in grammatical terminolos, comparative literatureComparative literature colloquially abbreviated "comp. is critical scholarship dealing with the literatures of several different languages. Students and professors of comparative literature (who are called "comparativists") are typically fluent in several, and queer theory.

1 Selected bibliography

Novels:

• The Jewels of Aptor (1962)
• The Ballad of Beta-2 (1965)
• Babel-17Babel-17 is a science fiction novel by Samuel R. Delany in which the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis (that language forms thought) is strongly influential. It won the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1966. Delany hoped to have Babel-17 originally published as a sing (1966, Nebula Award)
• The Einstein Intersection (1967, Nebula Award)
• Nova (1968)
• Dhalgren (1975)
• Triton (1976)
• Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand (1984)
• The Return to Neveryon series:
  • Tales of Neveryon (1979)
  • Neveryona (1983)
  • Flight from Neveryon (1985)
  • The Bridge of Lost Desire (1987)

Memoirs and letters:

• Heavenly Breakfast
• The Motion of Light in Water (1988, a memoir of his experiences as a young gay science fiction writer; winner of the Hugo Award)
• Times Square Red, Times Square Blue
• "1984" (2000)

Short story collections:

• Driftglass (1971)
• Distant Stars (1981)
• Aye, and Gomorrah (2003)

(Driftglass and Distant Stars include the Hugo Award and Nebula Award-winning "Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones." Aye, and Gomorrah is a compilation of all of Delany's short fiction, excepting the Neveryon tales)

Critical works:

• The Jewel-hinged Jaw (1977)
• The American Shore (1978)
• Starboard Wine (1984)
• The Straits of Messina (1989)
• Silent Interviews (1995)
• Longer Views (1996)
• Shorter Views (1999)