Cordwainer Smith

✶July 11, 1913

†August 6, 1966

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Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger, known by his pen-name Cordwainer Smith, was an American author of science fiction. He was an officer in the US Army, a scholar of East Asia, and an expert in psychological warfare. He was one of science fiction's more influential authors despite his relatively limited output and his early death at the age of 53.

American author (1913–1966)

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Biography from the article Cordwainer Smith on the English Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.