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James H. Schmitz

American science fiction writer (1911–1981)
Person human Q1406489

Facts

17 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[10]
Date of birth
October 15, 1911
Date of death
April 18, 1981
Place of birth
Hamburg
Place of death
Los Angeles
Country of citizenship
United States[9]
Occupation
science fiction writer, novelist, short story writer, writer
Official website
75.95.141.45[15]
Nominated for
Hugo Award for Best Novel, Hugo Award for Best Short Story, Nebula Award for Best Novella, Nebula Award for Best Novelette, Nebula Award for Best Novelette, Nebula Award for Best Short Story, Locus Award for Best Collection, Locus Award for Best Collection, Locus Award for Best Collection[17][18][19][20][21][22]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[23]
Described by source
Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction[16]
End of work period
1974[25]
Family name
Schmitz[12]
Given name
James, Henry[13][14]
Participated in conflict
World War II[11]
Start of work period
1943[24]
🏷️ Also known as
en James Henry Schmitz en James H. Schmitz ar جيمس إتش. شميتز de James H. Schmitz hu James Henry Schmitz id James Henry Schmitz ja ジェームズ・H・シュミッツ ja ジェイムズ・H・シュミッツ ja ジェイムズ・ヘンリー・シュミッツ pl James Henry Schmitz ru Джеймс Шмиц ru Шмиц, Джеймс uk Джеймс Шміц
🔖 Identifiers · 36
ISNI
0000000114717297
VIAF cluster ID
45608696
Library of Congress authority ID
n80132906
GND ID
1090249764
BIBSYS ID
12070868
BNB person ID (OBSOLETE)
SchmitzJamesH1911-1981
BookBrainz author ID
0b64a5f7-d6df-4b8a-9187-c39c7177d6b3
CiNii Research ID
1140845216780050688
Databazeknih.cz author ID
26780
Encyclopedia of Science Fiction ID
schmitz_james_h
FAST ID
1446247
Fancyclopedia 3 ID
James_H._Schmitz
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Freebase ID
/m/07268c
Goodreads author ID
723256
ISFDB author ID
394
LibraryThing author ID
schmitzjamesh
LibriVox author ID
1245
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA03162406
NDL Authority ID
00455653
NL CR AUT ID
xx0003345
National Library of Latvia ID
000284660
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810807465405606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX1440339
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
070192480
NooSFere author ID
348
Online Books Page author ID
Schmitz, James H., 1911-1981
Open Library ID
OL775673A
OpenMLOL author ID
22686
Project Gutenberg author ID
24957
SBN author ID
RAVV314718
SNAC ARK ID
w6ss3q9r
TV Tropes ID
Creator/JamesHSchmitz
Vegetti Catalog of Fantastic Literature NILF ID
14747
WikiTree person ID
Schmitz-3816
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJvXmH9tYgmx8r3kYrxFKd
Yale LUX ID
person/9083843e-d1ed-4c66-aa0a-b96279423084

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🔗 Connections
Nominated for 6
Hugo Award for Best Novel, Hugo Award for Best Short Story, Nebula Award for Best Novella, Nebula Award for Best Short Story, Nebula Award for Best Novelette, Nebula Award for Best Novelette
Occupation 3
novelist, short story writer, science fiction writer
Given name 2
James, Henry
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Family name 1
Schmitz
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Participated in conflict 1
World War II
Place of birth 1
Hamburg
Place of death 1
Los Angeles
Sex or gender 1
male
Works by author 1
The Witches of Karres
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Summary

James H. Schmitz was born on October 15, 1911[1], in Hamburg[2]. He died on April 18, 1981[3], in Los Angeles[4]. He worked as a science fiction writer[5], novelist[6], short story writer[7], and writer[8].

Why It Matters

Works attributed to James H. Schmitz include The Witches of Karres[26], a literary work[27].

FAQs

Where was James H. Schmitz born?

James H. Schmitz's place of birth was Hamburg[2].

Where did James H. Schmitz die?

James H. Schmitz died in Los Angeles[4].

What did James H. Schmitz do for work?

James H. Schmitz worked as a science fiction writer[5], novelist[6], short story writer[7], and writer[8].

Related Entities

Los Angeles United States

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  3. [10] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  8. [8] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [1] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [3] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  17. [17] ↑ . thehugoawards.org. thehugoawards.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  22. [22] ↑ . sfadb.com. Retrieved . sfadb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  1. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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