About Doris P. Buck
Lived 1898 – 1980 (aged 82). Doris P. Buck was an American poet, science fiction writer, novelist and writer.
Doris Pitkin Buck (January 3, 1898 – December 4, 1980 ) was an American science fiction author.
Born in New York City, she graduated from Bryn Mawr College in 1920 and Columbia University with a master's degree in 1925. Her story "Why They Mobbed the White House" appeared in Damon Knight's anthology Orbit 3 (1968). Her story "The Giberel" appeared in Robert Silverberg's anthology New Dimensions 1 (1971) and reappeared in Lloyd Biggle, Jr.'s Nebula Award Stories 7 (1972). Her story "Cacophony in Pink and Ochre" is one of the stories slated to appear in Harlan Ellison's unpublished anthology The Last Dangerous Visions.
Buck died at age 82 of a pulmonary embolism. Her final publication was the poem "Travel Tip", published posthumously in the June 1981 issue of F&SF.
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Who was Doris P. Buck?
American science fiction author (1898-1980)
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Doris P. Buck was born on 3 January 1898 in New York City.
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Doris P. Buck died on 4 December 1980.
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Doris P. Buck was a poet, science fiction writer, novelist and writer.
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Doris P. Buck was American.
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