1923 in science fiction

The year 1923 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events.

Births and deaths

Births

• January 12: Pierre Versins, American writer (died 2001) ^[1]
• April 17: Lloyd Biggle, Jr., American writer (died 2002) ^[2]
• April 23: Avram Davidson, American writer (died 1993) ^[3]
• July 12: James E. Gunn, American writer (died 2020) ^[4]
• July 23: Cyril M. Kornbluth, American writer (died 1958) ^[5]
• August 20: Henri Bessière, French writer (died 2011) ^[6]
• November 1: Gordon R. Dickson, American writer (died 2001) ^[7]

Events

• March: first publication of Weird Tales , American pulp magazine. ^[8]

Awards

The main science-fiction Awards known at the present time did not exist at this time.

Literary releases

Novels

• Aelita , by Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy. ^[9]
• (in French) La Poupée sanglante (The Bloody Doll), by Gaston Leroux. ^[10]

See also

• 1923 in science
• 1922 in science fiction
• 1924 in science fiction

References

1. "Pierre Versins (1923–2001)". data.bnf.fr. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
2. "Authors: Biggle, Lloyd, Jr: SFE: Science Fiction Encyclopedia". www.sf-encyclopedia.com. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
3. "Obituary: Avram Davidson" . The Independent. May 13, 1993. Archived from the original on May 1, 2022. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
4. "Authors: Gunn, James E: SFE: Science Fiction Encyclopedia". www.sf-encyclopedia.com. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
5. "Authors: Kornbluth, C M: SFE: Science Fiction Encyclopedia". www.sf-encyclopedia.com. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
6. "Authors: Bessière, Richard: SFE: Science Fiction Encyclopedia". www.sf-encyclopedia.com. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
7. Langford, David (February 14, 2001). "Obituary: Gordon Dixon". The Guardian. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
8. "Culture: Weird Tales: SFE: Science Fiction Encyclopedia". www.sf-encyclopedia.com. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
9. The Encyclopedia of the Novel. John Wiley & Sons. 2011. p. 719. ISBN   9781405161848.
10. Stavans, Ilan; PhD, Lewis-Sebring Professor in Latin American and Latino Culture Ilan Stavans (1997). Antiheroes: Mexico and Its Detective Novel. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press. p. 77. ISBN   9780838636442.