About Clifford D. Simak
Clifford Donald Simak (; August 3, 1904 – April 25, 1988) was an American science fiction writer and journalist. He won three Hugo Awards and one Nebula Award. The Science Fiction Writers of America made him its third SFWA Grand Master, and the Horror Writers Association made him one of three inaugural winners of the Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement. He is associated with the pastoral science fiction subgenre. == Early life, education, and journalism career == Simak was born in Millville, Wisconsin in 1904. The son of Czech immigrant John Lewis Simak, from Mokřice, and Margaret, née Wiseman, he attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison and then taught in the public schools until 1929. He later worked at various newspapers in the Midwest. He began a lifelong association with the Minneapolis Star and Tribune (in Minneapolis, Minnesota) in 1939, which continued until his retirement in 1976. He became news editor of the Minneapolis Star in 1949 and coordinator of Minneapolis Tribune's Science Reading Series in 1961. == Writing career == Simak became interested in science fiction after reading the works of H. G. Wells as a child.
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