American writer, prose writer, science fiction Robert Young for many years of writing has never become famous. He wrote interesting, very emotional works, remaining in the shadow of other authors.
Author Biography
Robert Franklin Young was born in the US state of New York, in a small village called Silver Creek. It happened in June 1915 in 1915. All his life he lived in a house that was in a beautiful place on the shores of Lake Erie, known throughout the world.
This lake is one of the Great Lakes of the world. He studied at a rural school. Immediately after school he was drafted into the armed forces. The time of his service fell during the Second World War. But the young man was lucky: he did not participate directly in the hostilities.
Work life
After Robert returned from the front, he worked for a long time in various places. In order to somehow settle in life, he undertook any work offered to him, without disdaining even the dirtiest. Whom he just did not work. Janitor, doorman, machinist, workshop inspector, foundry worker, simple worker - this is an incomplete list of professions that he mastered. The future science fiction author did not have a higher education, but this did not prevent him from combining work with the activities of a writer.
Writer career
Robert began to write quite early, but he published his first story, entitled "With the darkness of heaven inseparable, " only at 38 years old. This was a publication in a magazine called Striking Stories. After this publication, he was published frequently and a lot in various American magazines. These editions were mainly of a sci-fi orientation.
Great success and recognition to the writer brought his first big collection, which was called "Worlds of Robert F. Young." This collection of short stories and short stories was published in 1965. Having received fame, he was reprinted many times. His second collection of "Stars in a Glass" was no less interesting and also received recognition from the reader.
Robert Young writes a lot. This is mainly stories and stories: "Garden in the forest", "Written by the stars", "Robot-son", "Blue soil", "Cut down a tree", "On the river", "Years" and several others. All his works find their readers, but he still does not become famous.
During the period from 1964 to 1983, Young wrote 5 novels: "The Quest of the Holy Grille", "The Vizier's 2nd Daughter", "Starfinder", "The Last Iggdrasill", "Eridahn". Many writers then believed that he was little known precisely because he had written few novels. For his long writing career, Young has not received a single award for his work.
Robert Young's works are still being printed and read. Many of them have been translated into different languages of the world, including Russian ("Dandelion Girl", "Stars are Calling", "House of Cards", "Brothers in the Mind" and others).
