Samuel R. Delany

Samuel R. Delany (born April 1, 1942) is an American author, literary critic, and educator best known for his influential and experimental works of science fiction and speculative literature. His novels and short fiction—such as Babel-17, Nova, and Dhalgren—explore language, sexuality, identity, and social structures, and he is widely regarded as a major figure in late-20th-century science fiction and Afrofuturism. Delany has also written important critical and memoir works on sexuality, literature, and urban life, and has taught at several universities.