1923 in science fiction

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

Births and deaths

Births

January 12 : Pierre Versins, American writer, died in 2001.
April 17 : Lloyd Biggle, Jr., American writer, died in 2002.
April 23 : Avram Davidson, American writer, died in 1993.
July 12 : James E. Gunn, American writer.
July 23 : Cyril M. Kornbluth, American writer, died in 1958.
August 20 : Henri Bessière, French writer, died in 2011.
November 1 : Gordon R. Dickson, American writer, died in 2001.

Events

March : first publication of Weird Tales, American pulp magazine.

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.
(French) La Poupée sanglante (The Bloody Doll), by Gaston Leroux.

See also

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