1937
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Born in Cleveland, Ohio on May 13
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1943-49
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Attends Noble School in Euclid, Ohio
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1949-52
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Attends Shore Junior High School in Euclid, Ohio
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1952-55
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Attends Euclid High School
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1954
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Diet, Mr. Fuller's Revolt, and And the Darkness is Harsh appear in Eucuyo. Sells Mr. Fuller's revolt to Literary Cavalcade
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1955
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Eucuyo publishes Slush, Slush, Slush and Youth Eternal
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1955-59
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Attends Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio
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1957
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Wins Finley Foster Poetry Prize
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1959
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Wins Finley Foster Poetry Prize for the second time
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1959-60
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Attends Columbia University for graduate work
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1960
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Joins Ohio National Guard
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1960-63
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Serves Guard obligation
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1962
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Graduates from Columbia with M.A. in Elizabethean and Jacobean Drama
Hires on with Social Security Administration
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1964
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Involved in serious automobile accident
Father, Joseph Zelazny, dies
Marries Sharon Steberl
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1965
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Moves to Baltimore
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1966
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Divorced from Sharon Steberl
Marries Judith Alene Callahan
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1968
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Wins Hugo for Lord of Light
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1969
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Writing becomes his full-time job, leaving the SSA
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1970
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Publishes Nine Prince in Amber
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1971
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Son, Devin, born
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1974
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Guest of Honor at World Science Fiction Convention
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1975
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Moves to Santa Fe, N.M.
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1976
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Son, Jonathan Trent, born
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1979
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Daughter, Shannon, born
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1990
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Western Reserve Alumni Association Creative Achievement Award
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1995
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Euclid Public Schools Alumni Association Distinguished Achievement Hall of Fame
Dies on June 14
Cremation and scattering of ashes across the mountains outside of Santa Fe |