Personal Info
Known For
Writing
Known Credits
38
Gender
Male
Birthday
1928-12-16
Day of Death
1982-03-02 (54 years old)
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also Known As
Philip Kindred Dick
Richard Phillips
Jack Dowland
Philip K. Dick
Biography
American short story writer, novelist, and essayist. Dick has been hailed as one of the most original and thought-provoking writers of science fiction. He is regarded as one of the most prolific writers of the form during the mid-twentieth century. Since his death, Dick's work has been the subject of numerous critical studies and cinematic adaptations. Critics praise his short stories as innovative and provocative, contending that Dick's fiction cleverly explores scientific, social, and metaphysical issues of concern to post-World War II America.
