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beamjockey) wrote2010-09-07 08:00 am
beamjockey) wrote2010-09-07 08:00 am
Hugo Awards in the Nineties
In comments to recent news about 2010 Hugo Awards going to Frederik Pohl and Jack Vance, ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
redbird asks an interesting question:
Does that make Vance the oldest person to win a Hugo?
Jack Williamson's Hugo for "Ultimate Earth," awarded at the Millenium Philcon in 2001, leapt to mind.
Williamson received this award 126 days after his 93rd birthday. Vance's award came 8 days after his 94th birthday. So indeed (unless there is another nonagenarian I have overlooked) Vance appears to win this contest.
If I am correct, Jack Williamson appears to be the oldest writer to receive a Hugo for a work of fiction.
redbird asks an interesting question:Does that make Vance the oldest person to win a Hugo?
Jack Williamson's Hugo for "Ultimate Earth," awarded at the Millenium Philcon in 2001, leapt to mind.
Williamson received this award 126 days after his 93rd birthday. Vance's award came 8 days after his 94th birthday. So indeed (unless there is another nonagenarian I have overlooked) Vance appears to win this contest.
If I am correct, Jack Williamson appears to be the oldest writer to receive a Hugo for a work of fiction.