Donald A. Wollheim
Donald A. Wollheim was an American novelist, writer, science fiction fan and editor (1914–1990). He was born at New York City.
Also recorded as David Grinnell; Donald Wollheim.
Donald A. Wollheim in brief
- Born
- 1914
- Died
- 1990
- Known for
- novelist, writer, science fiction fan and editor
- Place of birth
- New York City
Contents
Identity and origins
He also worked under the name David Grinnell. The authorities additionally record the headings David Grinnell and Donald Wollheim. His recorded language was English.
One child is recorded: Betsy Wollheim.
Recognition and collections
Donald A. Wollheim received World Fantasy Convention Award, World Fantasy Special Award: Professional, British Fantasy Awards, First Fandom Hall of Fame award, Forry Award and Milford Award.
Catalogued works
67 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1934 to 1969.
Superhuman Stories. The DAW Science Fiction Reader. The Secret of the Ninth Planet. The Secret of the Martian Moons. The Secret of Saturn's Rings. Omnibus of Science Fiction. The Embassy. Swordsmen in the Sky. Mimic. The Phantagraph. Last Stand of a Space Grenadier. Adulux Beskan, dated 1943. CPASF - Committee for the Political Advancement of Science-Fiction, dated 1937. Flabbergasting Stories, dated 1935. International Observer of Science and Science Fiction, dated 1934. Ray, dated 1943. Science Fiction Progress, dated 1939. Vertigo, dated 1969. Destiny's Orbit. Mike Mars, Astronaut. Mike Mars Flies the X-15. Mike Mars at Cape Canaveral. Mike Mars in Orbit. Mike Mars Flies the Dyna-Soar. Mike Mars, South Pole Spaceman. Mike Mars and the Mystery Satellite. Mike Mars Around the Moon. One Against the Moon. Across Time. Edge of Time. The Martian Missile. To Venus! To Venus! Destination: Saturn. Doorslammer. Bones. The Garrison. Histoires de Surhommes. Galaxis-Splitter. The Viking Portable Novels of Science. The 1998 Annual World's Best Sf. The 1980 Annual World's Best SP. Amazing Stories Volume 192. The 1986 Annual World's Best SF. The 1980 annual world's best SF. Wollheim's World's Best Science Fiction. Adventures on Other Planets. World's best science fiction 1971. Secret of the Ninth Planet. Flight into space. Mivḥar sipure madaʻ bidyoni. MIKE MARS IN ORBIT. The 1984 Annual World's Best SF. Men on the moon. The Earth in peril. Adventures in the far future. The Ultimate invader and other science-fiction. World's best science fiction, 1965. Prize science fiction. The girl with the hungry eyes. World's best science fiction. World's best science fiction, second series. More adventures on other planets. The 1975 annual world's best SF. The 1976 annual world's best SF. The universe makers. Planet That Time Forgot. Colleagues: miscellaneous correspondents H-W, dated 1951-1980, held by Wellcome Collection.
In public collections
Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.
Wellcome Collection: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue.
Literature
5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.
Tribute to Donald A. Wollheim (1914–1990), Extrapolation, 1991. Donald Wollheim, Les faiseurs d’univers, Paris, Robert Laffont, Coll. « Ailleurs et Demain/Essais », 1973, 205 p., Études littéraires, 1976. <i>Every Boy's Book of Science Fiction.</i>Donald A. Wollheim, The Quarterly Review of Biology, 1952. Wollheim, Gert Heinrich, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. Richard Wollheim on seeing-in, Wollheim, Wittgenstein, and Pictorial Representation, 2016.
Digitised editions and texts
18 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive and Project Gutenberg.
The 1977 annual world's best SF (1977) — Internet Archive. The 1972 Annual World's Best SF by Donald A. Wollheim, Editor and Arthur W. Saha; Cover Art by Frank Frazetta (1972) — Internet Archive. The Fantasy Reader (1968) — Internet Archive. The 1976 Annual World's Best SF (1976) — Internet Archive. The Hidden planet : science fiction adventures on Venus (1959) — Internet Archive. The 1975 Annual World's Best SF by Donald A. Wollheim, Editor and Arthur W. Saha; Cover Art by Richard V. Corben (1975) — Internet Archive. The secret of saturn's rings (1954) — Internet Archive. The 19814 annual world's best SF (1981) — Internet Archive. THE 1978 ANNUAL WORLD'S BEST SF (1978) — Internet Archive. The 1973 annual worlds best sf (1973) — Internet Archive. The 1983 Annual Worlds Best (1983) — Internet Archive. The Secret of the Ninth Planet — Project Gutenberg. One Against the Moon — Project Gutenberg. Nothing — Project Gutenberg. Pogo Planet — Project Gutenberg. The Planet of Illusion — Project Gutenberg. The Planet That Time Forgot — Project Gutenberg. Saknarth — Project Gutenberg.
Scholarly footprint
Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 18 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.
Evidence base
This article draws on 4 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 4 means 4 genuinely separate publishers of record. 14 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.
In detail
the recorded working language is English.
Residence is recorded at New York City. Membership is recorded of Futurians.
Distinctions recorded are World Fantasy Convention Award, World Fantasy Special Award: Professional, British Fantasy Awards and First Fandom Hall of Fame award.
Chronology
- 1914Donald A. Wollheim born at New York City.
- 1959The Hidden planet : science fiction adventures on Venus digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1968The Fantasy Reader digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1972The 1972 Annual World's Best SF by Donald A. Wollheim, Editor and Arthur W. Saha; Cover Art by Frank Frazetta digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1975The 1975 Annual World's Best SF by Donald A. Wollheim, Editor and Arthur W. Saha; Cover Art by Richard V. Corben digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1976The 1976 Annual World's Best SF digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1977The 1977 annual world's best SF digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1990Donald A. Wollheim died at New York City.
Sources
Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.
- 1.
“Donald A. Wollheim”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q908589: Donald A. Wollheim
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