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Writers/Authors << Back to Writers/Authors main page Poul Anderson
Anderson received a degree in physics from the University of Minnesota in 1948. He married Karen Kruse in 1953. They had one daughter, Astrid, who is married to the science fiction author 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, a loose-knit group of Heroic Fantasy authors founded in the 1960s, some of whose works were anthologized in Lin Carter's Flashing Swords! anthologies. He was also a founding member of the Society for Creative Anachronism. Robert A. Heinlein dedicated his 1985 novel The Cat Who Walks Through Walls to Anderson and eight of the other members of the Citizens' Advisory Council on National Space Policy.[2][3] His fantasy fiction writings are similar to those of Isaac Asimov, Stephen Baxter and Ray Bradbury.[citation needed] He died of cancer on July 31, 2001, after a month in the hospital. Early lifePoul Anderson was born on November 25, 1926 in Bristol, Pennsylvania. Shortly after Poul Anderson's birth, his father, Anton Anderson, an engineer, moved the family to Texas, where they lived for over ten years. Following Anton Anderson's death, his widow took her children to Denmark. The family returned to the United States after the outbreak of World War II, settling eventually on a Minnesota farm. Anderson received a degree in physics from the University of Minnesota in 1948. Although he earned his baccalaureate degree with honors, Anderson made no serious attempt to work as a physicist. His first story was published in 1947 while he was still an undergraduate at the University of Minnesota, and he worked as a free-lance writer after his college graduation in 1948. Anderson married Karen Kruse in 1953 and moved with her to the San Francisco Bay area. Their daughter, Astrid, was born in 1954. They made their home in Orinda, California, near Berkeley. Other Websites:
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Poul William Anderson (November 25, 1926 – July 31, 2001) was an American 
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