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William Tenn Is the Pen Name of Philip Klass He Was the Guest of Honor at Loscon, November 2006. Contribute to the William Tenn Documentary Project A stage adaptation of "Winthrop Was Stubborn" was performed during the 2006 Three Rivers Arts Festival. Post-Gazette review. |
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Fruma Klass, Phil's wife, won a major writing award for an essay on her family. |
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A few samples from Dancing Naked:
Edited by Laurie D. T. Mann Three of Tenn's books are available to purchase online from NESFA Press:
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Noreascon 4 GoH William Tenn, with his Wife Fruma Klass and Two of his Editors, Jim and Laurie Mann |
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He was the guest of honor at Capclave in 2003. |
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Nebula Toastmaster Harry Harrison and Author Emeritus Katherine MacLean chat with old friends Fruma and Phil Klass (William Tenn) at the 2003 Nebula Awards Weekend in Philadelphia. |
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William Tenn, Former SFWA President Sharon Lee and her Husband Steve Miller Autograph at Boskone 40 |
Phil Klass was born in London on May 9, 1920, and immigrated to the United States with his parents, settling in New York. He began writing in 1945 after being discharged from the Army, and his first story, "Alexander the Bait," was published a year later. His stories and articles have been widely anthologized, a number of them in best-of -the-year collections. He is a Professor Emeritus of English and Comparative Literature at The Pennsylvania State University, where he taught, among other things, a popular course on science fiction. In 1999, he was honored as Author Emeritus by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America at their annual Nebula Awards Banquet. In 2004, he was a guest of honor at the Worldcon, Noreascon 4. In 2005, his non-fiction collection Dancing Naked was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Related Book.
Tenn is best-known as a satirist, and by works such as "On Venus Have We Got a Rabbi" and "Of Men and Monsters." Most of William Tenn's writing has been collected and published by NESFA Press.
Phil Klass has been married to Fruma since 1957. They live in suburban Pittsburgh. Their daughter, Adina, lives in eastern Pennsylvania.
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Fruma Klass on a Panel at Capclave 2003 with Brenda Clough |
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Fruma Klass and William Tenn at the Millennium Philcon, Worldcon 2001 |
Reviews of William Tenn's work:
This Philip Klass is not the same the same person as Philip J. Klass, who debunked UFOs. To add to the confusion, both Philip Klasses were born about the same time. Philip J. Klass was the avionics editor of Aviation Week and Space Technology for many years, and died in Florida on August 9, 2005.
© 2003-2008 by Laurie D. T. Mann.
