The American writer, prose writer, science fiction writer Robert Young never became famous for his many years of writing activity. He wrote the most interesting, very emotional works, remaining in the shadow of other authors.
Author biography
Robert Franklin Young was born in the US state of New York, in a small village called Silver Creek. It happened in 1915 on June 8. All his life he lived in a house, which was located in a beautiful place on the shores of the world-famous Lake Erie.
This lake is one of the Great Lakes of the world. He studied at a rural school. Immediately after school he was drafted into the armed forces. The time of his service fell on the period of the Second World War. But the young man was lucky: he did not participate directly in hostilities.
Working life
After Robert returned from the front, he worked for a long time in different places. In order to somehow settle in life, he took on any job offered to him, not disdaining even the dirtiest. Whoever he did not work. Janitor, doorman, machinist, shop inspector, caster, simple worker - this is an incomplete list of the professions that he has mastered. The future science fiction author did not have a higher education, but this did not prevent him from combining his labor activity with the activity of a writer.
Writing career
Robert began to write early enough, but his first story, entitled "Inseparable From the Darkness of the Sky," he published only at 38 years old. It was a publication in a magazine called Astounding Stories. After this publication, he was published frequently and extensively in various American magazines. These publications were predominantly sci-fi.
The great success and recognition of the writer brought his first large collection, which was called "The Worlds of Robert F. Young." This collection of novellas and short stories was published in 1965. Having gained fame, it was reprinted many times. His second collection "Stars in a Glass" was no less interesting and also received recognition from the reader.
Robert Young writes a lot. These are mainly novels and stories: "A Garden in the Forest", "Written by the Stars", "Robot Son", "Blue Soil", "Cut Down a Tree", "On the River", "Years" and a number of others. All his works find their readers, but he still does not become famous.
Young wrote 5 novels from 1964 to 1983: The Quest of the Holy Grille, The Vizier’s 2nd Daughter, Starfinder, The Last Iggdrasill, Eridahn. Many writers then believed that he was little known precisely because he had few novels written. During his long writing career, Young did not receive any awards for his work.
The writings of Robert Young are still printed and read. Many of them have been translated into different languages of the world, including Russian ("Dandelion Girl", "The Stars Are Calling", "House of Cards", "Brothers in Mind" and others).
Personal life
Almost nothing is known about the personal life of science fiction writer Robert Young. He wrote until the last minute of his life, which ended in 1986 on June 22nd.
