Octavia E. Butler

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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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Octavia E. Butler canonical 4
Octavia Estelle Butler 1

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Predicate Object
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