Anthony Boucher

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Anthony Boucher (ˈbaʊtʃər), actually William Anthony Parker White , (born August 21, 1911 in Oakland, California , † April 29, 1968 ibid) was an American science fiction and mystery author.

Life

Boucher attended the University of Southern California and later studied at the University of California at Berkeley; 1932 BA , 1934 MA in German. He abandoned his goal of becoming a language teacher / translator and worked as a journalist and literary critic after the Second World War .

Anthony Boucher died of lung cancer eight days before his 57th birthday .

Works

On March 26, 1945, Boucher founded the literary association Mystery Writers of America (MWA) together with Clayton Rawson , Lawrence Treat and Brett Halliday . From 1951 until his death in 1968 he wrote the weekly column "Criminals at Large" in the New York Book Review , making it the most cited detective novel critic.

Boucher became known for his detective novels and as the first English-language translator by Jorge Luis Borges . He was one of the authors of the successful radio drama series The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes , which, with Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce as speakers, recounted the experiences of the detective created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and his partner Dr. Watson continue to span.

Together with J. Francis McComas he founded the science fiction magazine The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction in 1949 and served as its editor until 1958. His aim was to use the magazine to promote the literary quality of science fiction. For this he received the Hugo Award for the best professional magazine in 1957 and 1958 . He has been writing science fiction stories since 1941, including his best-known The Quest for Saint Aquin (German: In the footsteps of St. Aquin ) in 1951 .

Awards

  • 1946 MWA Edgar Award for best literary criticism
  • 1958 Hugo Award for The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction in the "Magazine" category
  • 1959 Hugo Award for The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction in the "Professional Magazine" category

The American literary award Anthony Award is named after him.

bibliography

Sister Ursula
  • 1 Nine Times Nine (1940)
    • German: nine times nine. Translated by Gerhard and Alexandra Baumrucker. Goldmann's crime novels #K. 412, Munich 1964, DNB 450573273 .
  • 2 Rocket to the Morgue (1942)
Fergus O'Breen
  • The Compleat Werewolf (in: Unknown Worlds, April 1942 ; also: The Complete Werewolf , 1999)
    • German: Professor Wolf. In: Günter M. Schelwokat (Ed.): 7 werewolf stories. Heyne Anthologies # 27, 1968.
  • Elsewhen (in: Astounding Science-Fiction, January 1943 )
  • The Pink Caterpillar (in: Adventure, February 1945 )
  • The Chronokinesis of Jonathan Hull (in: Astounding Science Fiction, June 1946 )
  • Gandolphus (in: Other Worlds Science Stories, June 1952 )
Quinby's Usuform Robots
  • QUR (in: Astounding Science-Fiction, March 1943 )
  • Robinc (in: Astounding Science-Fiction, September 1943 )
    • English: The androids of the Robinc. In: The Robots and Us. Moewig (Terra special volume # 50), 1962.
Novels
  • The Case of the Seven of Calvary (1937)
    • English: Carousel of Death. Translated by Georg Kahn-Ackermann . Desch (Die Midnight Books # 246), Munich, Vienna and Basel 1965.
  • The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars (1940; also: Blood on Baker Street: The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars , 1953)
    • English: Meeting point: Baker Street. Translated by Georg Kahn-Ackermann. Desch (The Midnight Books # 172), Munich, Vienna and Basel 1963.
  • The Case of the Crumpled Knave (1948)
Collections
  • Far and Away (1955)
  • The Compleat Werewolf and Other Stories of Fantasy and Science Fiction (1969)
  • Exeunt Murderers: The Best Mystery Stories of Anthony Boucher (1983)
  • The Compleat Boucher (1999)
Short stories

1927:

  • Ye Goode Olde Ghoste Storie (in: Weird Tales, January 1927 )

1941:

  • Snulbug (in: Unknown Worlds, December 1941 )
    • German: Snulbug. In: Donald R. Bensen (Ed.): Street of Damnation. Pabel (Terra Fantasy # 66), 1979.

1942:

  • The Ghost of Me (in: Unknown Worlds, June 1942 )
  • The Barrier (in: Astounding Science-Fiction, September 1942 ; also: Barrier , 1980)

1943:

  • Pelagic Spark (in: Astounding Science-Fiction, June 1943 )
  • Sanctuary (in: Astounding Science-Fiction, June 1943 )
  • Sriberdegibit (in: Unknown Worlds, June 1943 )
  • Expedition (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, August 1943 )
  • One-Way Trip (in: Astounding Science-Fiction, August 1943 )
  • They Bite (in: Unknown Worlds, August 1943 )
    • German: The death bite. In: Michel Parry (ed.): Rarities from the devil's kitchen. Pabel (Vampire Paperback # 34), 1976. Also as: You Bite. In: Terry Carr and Martin H. Greenberg (eds.): Dream realm of magic: highlights of modern fantasy. Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy # 4254, 1985, ISBN 3-453-31262-7 .
  • We Print the Truth (in: Astounding Science Fiction, December 1943 )

1944:

  • Summer's Cloud (in: The Acolyte, Summer 1944 )
  • The Way I Heard It (in: The Acolyte, Fall 1944 )
  • Mr. Lupescu (1944)
    • German: Better the devil, whom one knows - In: Isaac Asimov , Martin H. Greenberg and Joseph D. Olander (Ed.): Feuerwerk der SF. Goldmann (Edition '84: The Positive Utopias # 8), 1984, ISBN 3-442-08408-3 .

1945:

  • Toy Cassowary (in: The Acolyte, # 9, Winter 1945 )
  • The Stripper (in: Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, May 1945 )

1949:

  • The Scrawny One (in: Weird Tales, May 1949 )
    • German: Der Magere. In: Werner Star (Ed.): Luther's Grusel Magazin 8.Luther Grusel-Magazin # 8, 1972.
  • Review Copy (in: The Magazine of Fantasy, Fall 1949 )
  • Footnote to Dunne (in: The Arkham Sampler, Autumn 1949 )

1950:

  • Transfer Point (in: Galaxy Science Fiction, November 1950 )

1951:

  • The Quest for Saint Aquin (1951, in: Raymond J. Healy (Ed.): New Tales of Space and Time )
    • German: In the footsteps of St. Aquin. In: Edward L. Ferman (Ed.): 30 Years of Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy # 3763, 1981, ISBN 3-453-30732-1 . Also as: The search for St. Aquinas. In: Robert Silverberg (Ed.): Science Fiction Hall of Fame 2: The best stories 1948-1963. Golkonda (General Series # 156), 2018, ISBN 978-3-944720-56-2 .
  • Star Bride (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, December 1951 ; also: Starbride , 1955)

1952:

  • The Greatest Tertian (1952, in: Groff Conklin (Ed.): Invaders of Earth )
  • The Anomaly of the Empty Man (in: The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, April 1952 )
  • Public Eye (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, April 1952 )
  • The Ambassadors (in: Startling Stories, June 1952 )
  • Nine-Finger Jack (in: Everett F. Bleiler and TE Dikty (Eds.): The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1952 )
    • English: Ninefinger Jack. In: Utopia Science Fiction Magazine, # 18. Pabel, 1958.
  • The Star Dummy (in: Fantastic, Fall 1952 )
  • The First (in: The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1952 )

1953:

  • The Other Inauguration (in: The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, March 1953 )
  • Secret of the House (in: Galaxy Science Fiction, March 1953 )
  • Conquest (1953, in: Frederik Pohl (Ed.): Star Science Fiction Stories No. 2 )

1954:

  • Balaam (1954, in: Raymond J. Healy (Ed.): 9 Tales of Space and Time )

1955:

  • Mary Celestial (in: The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, May 1955 ; with Miriam Allen deFord)
  • Nellthu (in: The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, August 1955 )
    • German: How do I love you? So let me tell you. In: Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg and Joseph D. Olander (eds.): Fireworks of the SF. Goldmann (Edition '84: The Positive Utopias # 8), 1984, ISBN 3-442-08408-3 .

1958:

  • Wizards on a Small Planet (in: Playboy, May 1958 )

1960:

  • The Empty Man (in: Shock — The Magazine of Terrifying Tales, May 1960 )

1970:

  • A Shape in Time (1970, in: William F. Nolan (Ed.): The Future Is Now )
    • German: I will never take that from you. In: Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg and Joseph D. Olander (eds.): Fireworks of the SF. Goldmann (Edition '84: The Positive Utopias # 8), 1984, ISBN 3-442-08408-3 .

1972:

  • The Tenderizers (in: The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, January 1972 )
  • A Kind of Madness (in: Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, August 1972 )
  • Khartoum: A Prose Limerick (1972, in: Thomas N. Scortia (Ed.): Strange Bedfellows )
  • Man's Reach (in: The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, November 1972 )

1983:

  • Trick-or-Treat (1983, in: Carol-Lynn Rössel Waugh, Martin H. Greenberg and Isaac Asimov (Eds.): 13 Horrors of Halloween ; also: The Ghost with the Gun )
  • Design for Dying (in: Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, November 1983 )
  • Black Murder (1983, in: Anthony Boucher: Exeunt Murderers: The Best Mystery Stories of Anthony Boucher )
  • The Catalyst (1983, in: Anthony Boucher: Exeunt Murderers: The Best Mystery Stories of Anthony Boucher )
  • Code Zed (1983, in: Anthony Boucher: Exeunt Murderers: The Best Mystery Stories of Anthony Boucher )
  • Coffin Corner (1983, in: Anthony Boucher: Exeunt Murderers: The Best Mystery Stories of Anthony Boucher )
  • Crime Must Have a Stop (1983, in: Anthony Boucher: Exeunt Murderers: The Best Mystery Stories of Anthony Boucher )
  • Death of a Patriarch (1983, in: Anthony Boucher: Exeunt Murderers: The Best Mystery Stories of Anthony Boucher )
  • The Girl Who Married a Monster (1983, in: Anthony Boucher: Exeunt Murderers: The Best Mystery Stories of Anthony Boucher )
  • Like Count Palmieri (1983, in: Anthony Boucher: Exeunt Murderers: The Best Mystery Stories of Anthony Boucher )
  • A Matter of Scholarship (1983, in: Anthony Boucher: Exeunt Murderers: The Best Mystery Stories of Anthony Boucher )
  • Mystery for Christmas (1983, in: Anthony Boucher: Exeunt Murderers: The Best Mystery Stories of Anthony Boucher )
  • The Punt and the Pass (1983, in: Anthony Boucher: Exeunt Murderers: The Best Mystery Stories of Anthony Boucher )
  • QL 696.C9 (1983, in: Anthony Boucher: Exeunt Murderers: The Best Mystery Stories of Anthony Boucher )
  • The Retired Hangman (1983, in: Anthony Boucher: Exeunt Murderers: The Best Mystery Stories of Anthony Boucher )
  • Rumor, Inc. (1983, in: Anthony Boucher: Exeunt Murderers: The Best Mystery Stories of Anthony Boucher )
  • Screwball Division (1983, in: Anthony Boucher: Exeunt Murderers: The Best Mystery Stories of Anthony Boucher )
  • The Smoke-Filled Locked Room (1983, in: Anthony Boucher: Exeunt Murderers: The Best Mystery Stories of Anthony Boucher )
  • The Statement of Jerry Malloy (1983, in: Anthony Boucher: Exeunt Murderers: The Best Mystery Stories of Anthony Boucher )
  • Threnody (1983, in: Anthony Boucher: Exeunt Murderers: The Best Mystery Stories of Anthony Boucher )
  • The Ultimate Clue (1983, in: Anthony Boucher: Exeunt Murderers: The Best Mystery Stories of Anthony Boucher )

1999:

  • Rappaccini's Other Daughter (1999, in: The Compleat Boucher ; also: Precis of the Rappaccini Report , 0000)

2015:

  • The Adventures of the Bogle-Wolf (2015, in: Otto Penzler (Ed.): Sherlock )
Anthologies (as editor)

Best from F&SF:

  • 1 The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction (1952; with J. Francis McComas)
  • 2 The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction, Second Series (1953; with J. Francis McComas)
  • 3 The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction, Third Series (1954; with J. Francis McComas)
  • 4 The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction, Fourth Series (1955)
  • 5 The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction, Fifth Series (1956)
  • 6 The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction, Sixth Series (1957)
  • 7 The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction, Seventh Series (1958)
  • 8 The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction, Eighth Series (1959)

Treasury of Great Science Fiction:

  • 1 A Treasury of Great Science Fiction, Volume One (1959)
  • 2 A Treasury of Great Science Fiction, Volume Two (1959)

Heyne anthologies (German editions):

  • 20 science fiction stories. Heyne Anthologies # 2, 1963.
  • 16 science fiction stories. Heyne Anthologies # 5, 1964.

literature

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personal data
SURNAME Boucher, Anthony
ALTERNATIVE NAMES White, William Anthony Parker (real name); Holmes, HH (pseudonym); Mudgett, Herman (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American science fiction and mystery writer
DATE OF BIRTH August 21, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH Oakland
DATE OF DEATH April 29, 1968
Place of death Oakland