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Anthony Boucher (born William Anthony Parker White) (August 21, 1911 – April 29, 1968) was an American science fiction editor and writer of mystery novels and short stories. Events 1192 - Minamoto Yoritomo becomes Seii Tai Shōgun and the De facto ruler of Japan. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 1429 - Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orleans. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the He was particularly influential as an editor. Between 1942 and 1947 he acted as reviewer of mostly mystery fiction for the San Francisco Chronicle. The San Francisco Chronicle was founded in 1865 as The Daily Dramatic Chronicle by teenage brothers Charles de Young and Michael H In addition to Anthony Boucher, White also employed the pseudonyms Herman W. Mudgett and H. H. Holmes, which were the name and alias, respectively, of a 19th-century serial killer. Herman Webster Mudgett ( May 16, 1860 &ndash May 7, 1896) better known under the alias of Dr Herman Webster Mudgett ( May 16, 1860 &ndash May 7, 1896) better known under the alias of Dr

White was born in Oakland, California, and went to college at the University of Southern California. Oakland (ˈoʊklənd founded in 1852 is the eighth-largest city in the U California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. The University of Southern California (commonly referred to as USC, SC, Southern California, and incorrectly He later received a Masters degree from the University of California, Berkeley. The University of California Berkeley (also referred to as Cal, Berkeley and UC Berkeley) is a major research university located in Berkeley He was admired for his mystery writing but was most noted for his editing, his science fiction anthologies, and his mystery reviews for many years in The New York Times. He was the first English translator of Jorge Luis Borges, translating "El jardín de senderos que se bifurcan" for Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine. "The Garden of Forking Paths" (original Spanish title "El Jardín de senderos que se bifurcan") is a 1941 Short story Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine is a monthly Digest size fiction magazine specializing in Crime fiction, particularly Detective fiction. He helped found the Mystery Writers of America in 1946 and, in the same year, was one of the first winners of the MWA's Edgar Award for his mystery reviews in the San Francisco Chronicle. Mystery Writers of America is an organization for mystery writers based in New York. The Edgar Allan Poe Awards (popularly called the Edgars) named after Edgar Allan Poe, are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America. The San Francisco Chronicle was founded in 1865 as The Daily Dramatic Chronicle by teenage brothers Charles de Young and Michael H He was founding editor (with J. Francis McComas) of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction from 1949 to 1958, and was seminal in attempting to make literary quality an important aspect of science fiction. Jesse Francis McComas ( June 9 1910, Kansas City Missouri &ndash April 19 1978, Fremont California) was an American The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (later Fantasy & Science Fiction and usually referred to as just F&SF) is a digest-size He won the Hugo award for Best Professional Magazine in 1957 and 1958. The Hugo Awards are given every year for the best Science fiction or Fantasy works and achievements of the previous year Boucher also edited the long-running Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction anthology series, 1952-1959.

His short story The Quest for Saint Aquin was among the stories selected in 1970 by the Science Fiction Writers of America as one the best science fiction short stories of all time. The Quest for Saint Aquin is a Science fiction Short story by Anthony Boucher originally published in 1951 Science Fiction Writers of America, or SFWA (ˈsɪfwə or /ˈsɛfwə/ was founded in 1965 by Damon Knight. As such, it was published in The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Volume One, 1929-1964.

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Radio

Boucher also scripted for radio and was involved in many other activities, as described by William F. Nolan in his essay, "Who Was Anthony Boucher?":

The 1940s proved to be a very busy and productive decade for Boucher. In 1945 he launched into a spectacular three-year radio career, plotting more than 100 episodes for The Adventures of Ellery Queen, while also providing plots for the bulk of the Sherlock Holmes radio dramas. By the summer of 1946 he had created his own mystery series for the airwaves, The Casebook of Gregory Hood. ("I was turning out three scripts each week for as many shows," he stated. "It was a mix of hard work and great fun. ")
Tony left dramatic radio in 1948, "mainly because I was putting in a lot of hours working with J. Francis McComas in creating what soon became The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. We got it off the ground in 1949 and saw it take hold solidly by 1950. This was a major creative challenge and although I was involved in a lot of other projects, I stayed with F&SF into 1958. "
Indeed, throughout his years with the magazine, Boucher was certainly involved in "a lot of other projects. " Among them:
• Supplying the SF and crime markets with new fiction.
• Teaching an informal writing class from his home in Berkeley.
• Continuing his Sunday mystery columns for the New York Times Book Review.
• Functioning as chief critic for Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine.
• Reviewing SF and fantasy (as H. H. Holmes) for the New York Herald Tribune.
• Editing True Crime Detective.
• Supervising the Mercury Mystery Line and (later) the Dell Great Mystery Library.
• Hosting Great Voices, his series of historical opera recordings for Pacifica Radio.
• Serving (in 1951) as president of Mystery Writers of America.
In addition to all of this, Tony was a devoted poker player, a political activist, a rabid sport fan (football, basketball, track, gymnastics and rugby), an active "Sherlockian" in the Baker Street Irregulars and a spirited chef. [1]

With respect to his scripting of the Sherlock Holmes radio dramas, Nigel Bruce, who played Dr. Nigel Bruce ( February 4 1895 &ndash October 8 1953) was a British Character actor on stage and screen best known Watson, had this to say: "Boucher was a San Franciscan who had a sound knowledge of Conan Doyle and a great affection for the two characters of Holmes and Watson. "

Anthony Boucher died of lung cancer on April 29, 1968 at the Kaiser Foundation Hospital in Oakland. Lung cancer is a Disease of uncontrolled Cell growth in tissues of the Lung.

The annual Anthony Boucher Memorial World Mystery Convention was named in his honor. Bouchercon, the Anthony Boucher Memorial World Mystery Convention is an annual convention of creators and devotees of mystery and Detective fiction

Selected works

Mystery novels

Collections

References

  1. ^ Nolan, William F. MysteryNet: "Who Was Anthony Boucher?"

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