Tanith Lee

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Tanith Lee (married Tanith Lee Kaiine , * 19th September 1947 in London , † 24. May 2015 in East Sussex ) was a British science fiction - and fantasy - author .

Life

After completing school, she had several jobs and attended art college for a year until she found her calling in writing. In 1968 she published her first short story, consisting of only 90 words. In 1971 her youth novel The Dragon Hoard came out, but her breakthrough came in 1975 with The Birthgrave (In the Heart of the Volcano) , which was nominated for the Nebula Award for best novel that same year . She could not find a British publisher for this novel; finally the novel was published by the American publisher DAW.

Since 1976 Tanith Lee has devoted herself exclusively to writing. She wrote mostly fantasy novels, but with Don't Bite the Sun (1976) and Drinking Sapphire Wine (1977) she has published two extraordinary and widely acclaimed science fiction novels.

In Germany, their fantasy stories in the role-playing game Ruf des Warlock were used for a background world without a license.

She had been married to John Kaiine since 1992 and lived near Brighton, where she died on May 24, 2015 at the age of 67 of complications from breast cancer.

Awards

  • 1980: British Fantasy Award for Death's Master
  • 1983: World Fantasy Award for The Gorgon for best short story
  • 1984: World Fantasy Award for Elle est Trois (La Mort) for best short story
  • 1986: Gilgamé Award for Volkhavaar as best fantasy novel (in the Spanish translation)
  • 1987: Gilgamé Award for Night's Master as best fantasy novel (in the Spanish translation)
  • 2013: World Fantasy Award for life's work

Works

Cycles

The cycles are arranged according to the year of publication of the first part.

Vazkor Cycle (Birthgrave)
Four-bee cycle
Anackire cycle (Wars of Vis)
Castle of Dark Cycle
  • 1 The Castle of Dark (1978)
  • 2 Prince on a White Horse (1982)
  • Dark Castle, White Horse (1986, Omnibus 1 + 2)
Tales of the Flat Earth
Sabella cycle (Blood Stone)
The Secret Books of Paradys
  • The Book of the Dead / Paradys (1986)
  • The Book of the Damned (1988)
  • The Book of the Beast (1988)
  • The Book of the Mad (1993)
Tanaquil Trilogy (Unicorn)
  • Black Unicorn (1991)
  • Gold Unicorn (1994)
    • English: The golden unicorn.
  • Red Unicorn (1997)
    • English: The red unicorn.
  • Black Unicorn / Gold Unicorn / Red Unicorn (1991)
Scarabae Trilogy (Blood Opera)
Secret Books of Venus Cycle
  • Faces Under Water (1998)
  • Saint Fire (1999)
  • A Bed of Earth (2002)
  • Venus Preserved (2003)
Claidi journals cycle
  • Laws of the Wolf Tower (1998)
  • Wolf Star (2000)
  • Queen of the Wolves (2001)
  • Wolf Wing (2002)
Lionwolf cycle
  • Cast a Bright Shadow (2004)
  • Here in Cold Hell (2005)
  • No Flame but Mine (2007)
SILVER
  • The Silver Metal Lover (1981)
  • Metallic Love (2004)
Piratica
  • Piratica: Being a Daring Tale of a Singular Girl's Adventures upon the High Seas (2004)
  • Piratica II: Return to Parrot Island (2006)
  • Piratica III: The Family Sea (2007)

Single novels

  • Betrothed (1968)
  • The Dragon Hoard (1971, children's book)
  • Animal Castle (1972)
  • Companions on the Road (1975)
  • East of Midnight (1977, children's book)
  • The Winter Players (1976)
  • Volkhavaar (1977)
  • Electric Forest (1979)
  • Shon the Taken (1979, children's book)
  • Day by Night (1980)
  • Lycanthia - The Children of Wolves (1981)
  • Sung in Shadows (1983)
  • Tamastara - The Indian Nights (1984)
  • The Beautiful Biting Machine (1984)
  • Days of grass (1985)
  • Madame Two Swords (1988)
  • A Heroine of the World (1989)
  • The Blood of Roses (1990)
  • The Blood of Roses (1990)
  • Voyage of the Basset: Islands in the Sky (1990)
  • Into Gold (1991)
  • Heart-Beast (1992)
  • Louisa the Poisoner (1992)
  • Elephantasm (1993)
  • Eva Fairdeath (1994)
  • Raining Cats and Dogs (1995)
  • Vivia (1995)
  • When the Lights Go Out (1995)
  • The Gods Are Thirsty (1996)
    • German: When the gods thirst .
  • White as Snow (2000)
  • Mortal Suns (2003)
  • 34 (2004, as Esther Garber)
  • Death of the Day (2004)
  • L'Amber (2006)
  • Wolf Star Rise (2006)

Collections

  • Princess Hynchatti: And Some Other Surprises (1972)
  • Champions of the Road (1979)
  • Unsilent Night (1981)
  • Cyrion (1982)
  • Red as Blood / Tales from the Sisters Grimmer (1983)
  • The Gorgon and Other Beastly Tales (1985)
  • Dreams of Dark and Light (1986)
  • Women as Demons (1989)
  • Forests of the Night (1989)
  • Don't Bet on the Prince (1989, with Angela Carter and Jack Zipes)
  • Nightshades: Thirteen Journeys Into Shadow (1993)
  • Fatal Woman (2004, Collection, as Esther Garber)
  • Sages And Swords: Heroic Fantasy Anthology (2006, with Eugie Foster, Ed McFadden, and Vera Nazarian)

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sam Roberts: Tanith Lee, Fantasy and Horror Novelist, Dies at 67. In: The New York Times, June 1, 2015 (accessed June 2, 2015).
personal data
SURNAME Lee, Tanith
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lee Kaiine, Tanith (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British science fiction and fantasy writer
DATE OF BIRTH September 19, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH London , England
DATE OF DEATH May 24, 2015
Place of death East Sussex , England