Gérard Klein

Gérard Klein was a French writer, economist, publisher and translator (born 1937). He was born at Neuilly-sur-Seine.

Also recorded as Gilles d'Argyre; Gerard Klein; Mark Starr.

Gérard Klein in brief

Born
1937
Known for
writer, economist, publisher and translator
Place of birth
Neuilly-sur-Seine
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Identity and origins

The authorities additionally record the headings Gilles d'Argyre, Gerard Klein and Mark Starr. His recorded languages were French and English.

Career and activity

Gérard Klein worked in economics, creative and professional writing, science fiction, science fiction literature and urban planning.

He was employed by Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations.

Recognition and collections

Gérard Klein received Pilgrim Award and Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best French-Language Short Story.

Catalogued works

30 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1901 to 2018.

Starmasters' Gambit. Le Sceptre du hasard. The Overlords of War. Rehabilitation. The Planet Surgeons. The Law of Retaliation. Stories As If... The Golden Book of science fiction: Gérard Klein, held by Q3223976. The Planet with Seven Masks. The Monster. Histoires parapsychiques(la grande anthologie de la science-fiction). Assurance-vie en libre prestation de services. Ombres sur le Nil - Le Quatuor de Jérusalem - tome 3. La loi du Talion. Mémoire vive, mémoire morte : Nouvelles. Ailleurs et demain a vingt ans. Histoires de fins du monde. L'hexagone halluciné. La Saga d'Argyre - Les Voiliers du soleil. Les perles du temps. Le Temps n'a pas d'odeur. The day before tomorrow. Le gambit des e toiles. Histoires de l'an 2000. Les Horizons divergents. Toujours un rêve d'avance. Eternity Girl / Magdalene Visaggio, Sonny Liew and Chris Chuckry., dated [2018], held by Wellcome Collection. The Indomitable spirit : photographers and artists respond to the time of AIDS., dated 1990, held by Wellcome Collection. Medawar, Sir Peter Brian (1915-1987), dated 1937-1991, held by Wellcome Collection. Strangeways Research Laboratory, dated c.1901-1999, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 2 named public collections.

Q3223976: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 4 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

8 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Late complications, including late relapse Gérard Socié, Rochelle E Curtis, John P Klein, Chronic Myeloid Leukemia, 2001. The Feynman problem for the Klein–Gordon equation, Séminaire Laurent Schwartz — EDP et applications, 2022. Review: <i>Orbites</i>, edited by Daniel Riche and Gérard Klein, Science Fiction Studies, 1983. Review: <i>Malaise dans la science-fiction</i>, by Gérard Klein, Science Fiction Studies, 1979. L’anxiété technocratique en France : les romans du Fleuve Noir « Anticipation », 1951-1960, ReS Futurae, 2019. FYVE-dependent endosomal targeting of an arrestin-related protein in amoeba., PLoS ONE, 2010. Penser l’histoire de la science-fiction, ReS Futurae, 2012. Exploiting the Second Coordination Sphere: Proteins as Host for Enantioselective Catalysis, CHIMIA, 2003.

Digitised editions and texts

5 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

Les seigneurs de la guerre (1984) — Internet Archive. The Overlords of War (1971) — Internet Archive. Histoires de mutants (1974) — Internet Archive. The mote in time's eye (1975) — Internet Archive. The Day Before Tomorrow (1972) — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 13 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 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 13 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

Gérard Klein studied at Sciences Po and Institut de Psychologie. the recorded working language is French and English.

The field of work recorded is economics, creative and professional writing and science fiction.

Employment is recorded with Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations.

Distinctions recorded are Pilgrim Award and Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best French-Language Short Story.

Chronology

  1. 1937Gérard Klein born at Neuilly-sur-Seine.
  2. 1971The Overlords of War digitised by Internet Archive.
  3. 1972The Day Before Tomorrow digitised by Internet Archive.
  4. 1974Histoires de mutants digitised by Internet Archive.
  5. 1975The mote in time's eye digitised by Internet Archive.
  6. 1984Les seigneurs de la guerre digitised by Internet Archive.

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. 1.

    “Gérard Klein”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  2. 2.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q2369735: Gérard Klein

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