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Vercors

Bruller, Jean Marcel Adolphe

February 26, 1902 – June 10, 1991 (aged 89)

Birth place: Paris, Seine, France

4 works in English-language magazines

Date Page Type Title Magazine
May 1954 122 Review You Shall Know Them Astounding Science Fiction, May 1954
September 1955 90 Review You Shall Know Them Galaxy Science Fiction, September 1955
March 1959 148 Review The Murder of the Missing Link Astounding Science Fiction, March 1959
March 1968 168 Review You Shall Know Them Analog Science Fiction -> Science Fact, March 1968

6 English-language books

Year Type Title Author(s)
1953 Novel You Shall Know Them Vercors
1954 Novel Borderline Vercors
1956 Novel The Insurgents Vercors
1958 Novel The Murder of the Missing Link Vercors
1962 Novel Sylva Vercors
1964 Novel Sylva Vercors

YearAwardCategoryTitleStatus
1963 Hugo Award Best Novel Sylva Nominee

Author and artist who originally signed his work "Jean Bruller". The pseudonym "Vercors" originated as Bruller's code name with the French resistance during World War II. According to SFE3 and the French Wikipedia, he used this pseudonym for all of his narrative fiction and plays from 1942 on.
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