1923 in science fiction explained

The year 1923 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events.

Births and deaths

Births

• January 12: Pierre Versins, American writer (died 2001)^[1]
• April 17: Lloyd Biggle, Jr., American writer (died 2002)^[2]
• April 23: Avram Davidson, American writer (died 1993)^[3]
• July 12: James E. Gunn, American writer^[4]
• July 23: Cyril M. Kornbluth, American writer (died 1958)^[5]
• August 20: Henri Bessière, French writer (died 2011)^[6]
• November 1: Gordon R. Dickson, American writer (died 2001)^[7]

Deaths

Events

• March: first publication of Weird Tales, American pulp magazine.^[8]

Awards

The main science-fiction Awards known at the present time did not exist at this time.

Literary releases

Novels

• Aelita, by Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy.^[9]
• La Poupée sanglante (The Bloody Doll), by Gaston Leroux.^[10]

Comics

Audiovisual outputs

Movies

See also

• 1923 in science
• 1922 in science fiction
• 1924 in science fiction

Notes and References

1. Web site: Pierre Versins (1923–2001) . data.bnf.fr . April 2, 2019 . en.
2. Web site: Authors: Biggle, Lloyd, Jr: SFE: Science Fiction Encyclopedia . www.sf-encyclopedia.com . April 2, 2019.
3. Web site: Obituary: Avram Davidson . https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-avram-davidson-2322623.html . May 1, 2022 . subscription . live . The Independent . April 2, 2019 . en . May 13, 1993.
4. Web site: Authors: Gunn, James E: SFE: Science Fiction Encyclopedia . www.sf-encyclopedia.com . April 2, 2019.
5. Web site: Authors: Kornbluth, C M: SFE: Science Fiction Encyclopedia . www.sf-encyclopedia.com . April 2, 2019.
6. Web site: Authors: Bessière, Richard: SFE: Science Fiction Encyclopedia . www.sf-encyclopedia.com . April 2, 2019.
7. Web site: Langford . David . Obituary: Gordon Dixon . The Guardian . April 2, 2019 . February 14, 2001.
8. Web site: Culture: Weird Tales: SFE: Science Fiction Encyclopedia . www.sf-encyclopedia.com . April 2, 2019.
9. Book: The Encyclopedia of the Novel . 2011 . John Wiley & Sons . 9781405161848 . 719 . en.
10. Book: Stavans . Ilan . PhD . Lewis-Sebring Professor in Latin American and Latino Culture Ilan Stavans . Antiheroes: Mexico and Its Detective Novel . 1997 . Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press . 9780838636442 . 77 . en.