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Carol Emshwiller

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Carol Emshwiller

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1921-04-12 （Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States）
Died
2019-02-02 （Durham, North Carolina, United States） age 97
Nationality
United States
Languages
English
Residence History
France (childhood) → Ann Arbor, Michigan (birth / upbringing) → Durham, North Carolina (later life)

Career

Occupations
Science fiction writer, Short story writer, Novelist
Active Years
1950-2019
Nominations
Philip K. Dick Award (nominee) - "The Mount"

Education

University of Michigan
Art / Department of Art
Country: United States
Met her husband Ed Emshwiller while studying

Awards

World Fantasy Award (short fiction / collection)
1991
Work: The Start of the End of It All
Category: 短編集部門
Organization: World Fantasy Awards
Result: winner
Nebula Award (Best Short Story)
2002
Work: Rosie
Category: 短編部門
Organization: Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (Nebula Awards)
Result: winner
Nebula Award (Best Short Story)
2005
Work: I Live With You but You Don't Know It
Category: 短編部門
Organization: Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (Nebula Awards)
Result: winner
World Fantasy Award (Life Achievement)
2005
Category: 生涯功労賞
Organization: World Fantasy Awards
Result: winner
The Cordwainer Smith Rediscovery Award
2019
Organization: Cordwainer Smith Rediscovery Award Committee
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Start of the End of It All

Science fiction / Short story collection

A collection of short stories blending domestic scenes with surreal and speculative elements.

identitytransformationdistortion of the everyday
Translations
  • The Start of the End of It All

Carmen Dog

Novel / Fantasy

A novel that uses animals and strange events to explore human relationships and personal change.

animalsfeminismdefamiliarization
Translations
  • Carmen Dog

Rosie

Short story / Science fiction

A short story in which an intrusion of the strange into everyday life unsettles relationships and perceptions.

domestic lifeothernesstransformation
Translations
  • Rosie

I Live With You but You Don't Know It

Short story / Science fiction

A Nebula-winning short story about invisible cohabitants and mismatched perception.

invisibilitymismatched perceptioncoexistence
Translations
  • I Live With You but You Don't Know It

Bibliography

  • The Start of the End of It All
  • Carmen Dog
  • Rosie
  • I Live With You but You Don't Know It
  • The Day I Went to the Beach

Translations of Works

  • Adaptability ("The Adaptability" / translated title varies)
  • The Start of the End of It All
  • Carmen Dog

Style & Themes

Literary Style
surreal and experimental proseinsertion of the uncanny into domestic settingsconcise, suggestive narration
Recurring Motifs
boundaries between animals and humansdefamiliarized domesticityunstable identity

Legacy

Emshwiller was a celebrated writer of speculative short fiction known for her surreal, offbeat perspectives and explorations of feminism and the uncanny in everyday life. She received honors including the World Fantasy Award and Nebula Awards and experienced renewed recognition into the 21st century.

Academic Societies

  • Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA) - related

Trivia

  • Her husband was Ed Emshwiller, a well-known illustrator in the SF field.
  • She spent part of her youth in France, which influenced her early English education.
  • She died in Durham, North Carolina at the age of 97.