Poul Anderson

Poul William Anderson (November 25, 1926 – July 31, 2001) was a prolific science fiction writer of the genre's "Golden Time"; some of his short tales were first out-brought using the pennames "A. A. Craig", "Michael Karageorge", and "Winston P. Sanders". Poul Anderson also wrote fantasy such as the King of Ys series.

He was born in Bristol, Pennsylvania.

He got a degree in physics from the University of Minnesota in 1948. He wedded the former Karen Kruse in 1953. They had one daughter, Astrid, who is wedded to the science fiction writer Greg Bear.

He was the sixth President of Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, taking office in 1972.

He was also a member of the Swordsmen and Sorcerers' Guild of America (SAGA), a loose-knit group Heroic Fantasy writers begun in the 1960s, some of whose works were anthologised in Lin Carter's Flashing Swords! anthologies.

He is also known for his essay Uncelftish Beholding, which was a work on Physics written wholly in a purified kind of English (akin to Anglish), which has since been named, half-jokingly, Ander-saxon.

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