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Flowers for Algernon

by Daniel Keyes ยท Paperbackยท 311 pages
Heroine
In her 30s
Setting
United States
Era
20th Century
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Short story originally published in 1959, expanded novel published in 1966.

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Book details

Author
Daniel Keyes
Format
Paperback
Pages
311
Published
May 01, 2005
Language
ENG- English
ISBN
9780156030304

About the author

Daniel Keyes

Daniel Keyes (1927 - 2014) was born in Brooklyn, New York, and received his B.A. and M.A. degrees from Brooklyn College. He was the author of eight books, including the classic Flowers for Algernon, first published in 1966, which would go on to sell more than five million copies and inspire the Oscar-winning film Charly. He also worked as a merchant seaman, a fiction editor, a high school teacher, and as a university professor at Ohio University, where he was honored at Professor Emeritus in 2000. He won the Hugo and Nebula awards for his work and was chosen as an Author Emeritus by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America in 2000.

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