John Wyndham

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John Wyndham was a British science fiction author best known for his mid-20th-century novels depicting unsettling, often post-apocalyptic scenarios, such as "The Day of the Triffids" and "The Midwich Cuckoos."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human
novelist
science fiction writer
activeYears 1920s–1960s
birthName John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath heart attack
conflict World War II
surface form: Second World War
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1903-07-10
dateOfDeath 1969-03-11
educatedAt Bedford School NERFINISHED
familyName Harris NERFINISHED
gender male
genre science fiction
speculative fiction
givenName John NERFINISHED
influenced British post-war science fiction
languageOfWorkOrName English
marriageDate 1963
militaryService British Army
movement British science fiction
name John Wyndham NERFINISHED
nationality British
notableFor depictions of social collapse
post-apocalyptic scenarios
notableWork Foul Play Suspected NERFINISHED
Stowaway to Mars NERFINISHED
The Chrysalids NERFINISHED
The Day of the Triffids NERFINISHED
The Kraken Wakes NERFINISHED
The Midwich Cuckoos NERFINISHED
The Outward Urge NERFINISHED
The Secret People NERFINISHED
The Seeds of Time NERFINISHED
Trouble with Lichen NERFINISHED
occupation novelist
science fiction writer
writer
placeOfBirth Knowle, Warwickshire, England NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath London, England
pseudonym John Beynon NERFINISHED
John Beynon Harris NERFINISHED
John Wyndham NERFINISHED
Lucas Parkes NERFINISHED
sibling Vivian Beynon Harris NERFINISHED
spouse Grace Wilson NERFINISHED
writingPeriod mid-20th century
writingStyle cosy catastrophe

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Village of the Damned basedOnAuthor John Wyndham
Victor Gollancz Ltd published John Wyndham