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Daniel Keyes

Born

in Brooklyn, New York, The United States

August 09, 1927

Died

June 15, 2014

Website

http://www.danielkeyesauthor.com

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy

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Daniel Keyes was an American author best known for his Hugo award-winning short story and Nebula award-winning novel Flowers for Algernon. Keyes was given the Author Emeritus honor by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America in 2000.

Keyes was born in Brooklyn, New York City, New York. At age 17, he joined the U.S. Maritime Service as ship's purser. He obtained a B.A. in psychology from Brooklyn College, and after a stint in fashion photography (partner in a photography studio), earned a Master's Degree in English and American Literature at night while teaching English in New York City public schools during the day and writing weekends.

In the early 1950s, he was editor of the pulp magazine Marvel Science Fiction for publisher Marti Daniel Keyes was an American author best known for his Hugo award-winning short story and Nebula award-winning novel Flowers for Algernon. Keyes was given the Author Emeritus honor by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America in 2000.

Keyes was born in Brooklyn, New York City, New York. At age 17, he joined the U.S. Maritime Service as ship's purser. He obtained a B.A. in psychology from Brooklyn College, and after a stint in fashion photography (partner in a photography studio), earned a Master's Degree in English and American Literature at night while teaching English in New York City public schools during the day and writing weekends.

In the early 1950s, he was editor of the pulp magazine Marvel Science Fiction for publisher Martin Goodman. Circa 1952, Keyes was one of several staff writers, officially titled editors, who wrote for such horror and science fiction comics as Journey into Unknown Worlds, for which Keyes wrote two stories with artist Basil Wolverton. From 1955-56, Keyes wrote for the celebrated EC Comics, including its titles Shock Illustrated and Confessions Illustrated, under both his own name and the pseudonyms Kris Daniels, A.D. Locke and Dominik Georg.

The short story and subsequent novel, Flowers for Algernon, is written as progress reports of a mentally disabled man, Charlie, who undergoes experimental surgery and briefly becomes a genius before the effects tragically wear off. The story was initially published in the April 1959 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction and the expanded novel in 1966. The novel has been adapted several times for other media, most prominently as the 1968 film Charly, starring Cliff Robertson (who won an Academy Award for Best Actor) and Claire Bloom. He also won the Hugo Award in 1959 and the Nebula Award in 1966.

Keyes went on to teach creative writing at Wayne State University, and in 1966 he became an English and creative writing professor at Ohio University, in Athens, Ohio, where he was honored as a professor emeritus in 2000.

Keyes' other books include The Fifth Sally, The Minds of Billy Milligan, The Touch, Unveiling Claudia, and the memoir Algernon, Charlie, and I: A Writer's Journey.

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	Flowers for Algernon 4.23 avg rating — 781,891 ratings — published 1966 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Minds of Billy Milligan 4.28 avg rating — 34,750 ratings — published 1981 — 104 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fifth Sally 4.04 avg rating — 3,039 ratings — published 1980 — 32 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Flowers for Algernon - Short Story by Daniel Keyes, Étienne Delessert (Illustrator) 4.45 avg rating — 2,494 ratings — published 1959 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Війни Міллігана by Daniel Keyes, Таїсія Івченко (Translator) 4.06 avg rating — 895 ratings — published 1994	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Touch 3.66 avg rating — 945 ratings — published 1971 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Algernon, Charlie, And I: A Writer's Journey 4.09 avg rating — 583 ratings — published 2000 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Asylum Prophecies 3.08 avg rating — 549 ratings — published 2009 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Claudia: Kisah Nyata Gadis Cantik, Kegilaan, dan Pembunuhan by Daniel Keyes, Alpha Febrianto (Translator) 3.27 avg rating — 474 ratings — published 1986 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	ყვავილები ელჯერნონისთვის / ცელი / არენა by Daniel Keyes, Ray Bradbury, Fredric Brown 4.42 avg rating — 128 ratings — published 2007	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“I don’t know what’s worse: to not know what you are and be happy, or to become what you’ve always wanted to be, and feel alone.”
― Daniel Keyes, Flowers for Algernon

tags: happiness, loneliness, melancholy, philosophy, psychology

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“I am afraid. Not of life, or death, or nothingness, but of wasting it as if I had never been.”
― Daniel Keyes, Flowers for Algernon

tags: death, fear, life

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“Thank God for books and music and things I can think about.”
― Daniel Keyes, Flowers for Algernon

tags: book, books, music

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March 2015 New School Classic Poll

Which book should we choose for our March 2015 New School group read?

1925, Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf, 194 pages

11 votes, 23.4%

1957, The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, 320 pages

7 votes, 14.9%

1959, Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes, 311 pages

4 votes, 8.5%

1934, Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie, 322 pages

4 votes, 8.5%

1914, Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham, 684 pages

4 votes, 8.5%

1938, The Long Valley by John Steinbeck, 142 pages

3 votes, 6.4%

1959, A Separate Peace by John Knowles, 204 pages

3 votes, 6.4%

1944, Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh, 351 pages

2 votes, 4.3%

1957, On the Road by Jack Kerouac, 304 pages

2 votes, 4.3%

1996, Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt, 432 pages

2 votes, 4.3%

1921, The Black Moth by Georgette Heyer, 274 pages

2 votes, 4.3%

1981, Loitering With Intent by Muriel Spark, 217 pages

1 vote, 2.1%

1958, Night by Elie Wiesel, 115 pages

1 vote, 2.1%

1920, The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton, 305 pages

1 vote, 2.1%

1902, The Four Feathers by A.E.W. Mason, 284 pages

0 votes, 0.0%

1905, The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton, 351 pages

0 votes, 0.0%

47 total votes

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