Octavia E. Butler

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Afrofuturist author human novelist science fiction writer short story writer

Octavia E. Butler was a pioneering, award-winning American science fiction author renowned for her powerful explorations of race, gender, power, and survival in works such as "Kindred" and the "Parable" series.

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Label Occurrences
Octavia E. Butler canonical 4
Octavia Estelle Butler 1

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instanceOf Afrofuturist author ⓘ
human ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
science fiction writer ⓘ
short story writer ⓘ
awardReceived Hugo Award ⓘ
Locus Award ⓘ
MacArthur Fellowship ⓘ
Nebula Award ⓘ
Science Fiction Chronicle Award ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1947-06-22 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2006-02-24 ⓘ
educatedAt California State University, Los Angeles ⓘ
Clarion Workshop ⓘ
surface form: Clarion Science Fiction Writers' Workshop

Pasadena City College ⓘ
ethnicGroup Black Americans ⓘ
surface form: African American
familyName Butler ⓘ
genre Afrofuturism ⓘ
fantasy ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ
speculative fiction ⓘ
givenName Octavia ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
mainTheme gender ⓘ
power ⓘ
race ⓘ
survival ⓘ
movement Afrofuturism ⓘ
name Octavia E. Butler self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Octavia Estelle Butler
notableAchievement first African-American woman to gain major recognition in science fiction ⓘ
notableWork Adulthood Rites ⓘ
Bloodchild ⓘ
Clay's Ark ⓘ
Dawn ⓘ
Imago ⓘ
Kindred ⓘ
Mind of My Mind ⓘ
Parable of the Sower ⓘ
Parable of the Talents ⓘ
Patternmaster ⓘ
Speech Sounds ⓘ
Wild Seed ⓘ
occupation novelist ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Pasadena ⓘ
surface form: Pasadena, California, United States
placeOfDeath Lake Forest Park, Washington ⓘ
surface form: Lake Forest Park, Washington, United States
residence Pasadena ⓘ
surface form: Pasadena, California, United States

Seattle, Washington, United States ⓘ
series Parable series ⓘ
Patternist series ⓘ
Xenogenesis trilogy ⓘ

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Solstice Award → hasRecipient → Octavia E. Butler ⓘ
Charlie Jane Anders → influencedBy → Octavia E. Butler ⓘ
Butler → hasNotableBearer → Octavia E. Butler ⓘ
Farrar, Straus and Giroux → hasPublished → Octavia E. Butler ⓘ
Octavia E. Butler → name → Octavia E. Butler self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Octavia Estelle Butler