Awards & Winners

R. A. Lafferty

Date of Birth 07-November-1914
Place of Birth Neola
(Pottawattamie County, Iowa, United States of America)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Raphael Aloysius Lafferty, Raphaël A. Lafferty, Raphaël Aloysius Lafferty
Profession Writer, Novelist, Author
Raphael Aloysius Lafferty was an American science fiction and fantasy writer known for his original use of language, metaphor, and narrative structure, as well as for his etymological wit. He also wrote a set of four autobiographical novels, In a Green Tree; a history book, The Fall of Rome; and a number of novels that could be more or less loosely called historical fiction. In March 2011, it was announced in Locus that the copyrights to 29 Lafferty novels and 225 short stories were up for sale. A bid of $US 70,000 has been received, per the Lafferty Estate.

Awards by R. A. Lafferty

Check all the awards nominated and won by R. A. Lafferty.

1994


Nominations 1994 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Locus Award for Best Short Story Cliffs That Laughed

1993


Nominations 1993 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Locus Award for Best Collection Iron Tears

1992


Nominations 1992 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Philip K. Dick Award Iron Tears
Locus Award for Best Collection Lafferty in Orbit

1985


Nominations 1985 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel Half a Sky

1984


Nominations 1984 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Locus Award for Best Collection Golden Gate and Other Stories
Locus Award for Best Collection Ringing Changes
Locus Award for Best Short Story Golden Gate

1983


Nominations 1983 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel Aurelia

1982


Nominations 1982 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Philip K. Dick Award Aurelia

1975


Nominations 1975 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Locus Award for Best Short Story Royal Licorice

1974


Nominations 1974 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Locus Award for Best Short Story Barnaby's Clock
Locus Award for Best Short Story Mud Violet

1973


Hugo Award for Best Short Story
Honored for : Eurema's Dam

Nominations 1973 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Locus Award for Best Short Story Eurema's Dam
Hugo Award for Best Short Story Eurema's Dam

1972


Nominations 1972 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Hugo Award for Best Short Story Sky
Locus Award for Best Short Story World Abounding
Locus Award for Best Novel Arrive at Easterwine: The Autobiography of a Ktistec Machine
Locus Award for Best Novel The Devil is Dead

1971


Phoenix Award

Nominations 1971 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Nebula Award for Best Novel The Devil is Dead
Locus Award for Best Short Story Continued on Next Rock
Locus Award for Best Short Story Entire and Perfect Chrysolite
Hugo Award for Best Short Story Continued on Next Rock
Locus Award for Best Novel Fourth Mansions
Locus Award for Best Anthology Nine Hundred Grandmothers

1970


Nominations 1970 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Nebula Award for Best Novel Fourth Mansions
Nebula Award for Best Short Story Entire and Perfect Chrysolite
Nebula Award for Best Novelette Continued on Next Rock

1969


Nominations 1969 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Hugo Award for Best Novel Past Master

1968


Nominations 1968 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Nebula Award for Best Novel Past Master

1965


Nominations 1965 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Nebula Award for Best Short Story Slow Tuesday Night
Nebula Award for Best Short Story In Our Block