What is Clifford D. Simak?
{{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] --> | name = Clifford D. Simak | image = | caption = | pseudonym = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1904|8|3}} | birth_place = [[Millville, Wisconsin|Millville]], [[Wisconsin]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1988|4|25|1904|8|3}} | death_place = [[Minneapolis]], [[Minnesota]] | occupation = Journalist, novelist, short story author | genre = Science fiction, fantasy, popular science | movement = | notableworks = | influences = | influenced = | website = }} '''Clifford Donald Simak''' (August 3, 1904 – April 25, 1988) was an [[Americans|American]] [[science fiction]] writer. He received three [[Hugo Award]]s and one [[Nebula Award]]. He was named the third [[Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award|Grand Master]] by the [[Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America]] (SFWA) in 1977.<ref>{{cite web|title=Clifford Donald Simak| url= http://www.mprinstitute.org/vaclav/Simak.htm|access-date=28 December 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Strickland|first=Galen|title=Clifford D. Simak|url=http://templetongate.tripod.com/simak.htm|publisher=Galen Strickland|access-date=28 December 2011|archive-date=17 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717103841/http://templetongate.tripod.com/simak.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==Biography== Simak was born in [[Millville, Wisconsin|Millville]], [[Wisconsin]] to parent's John Lewis and Margaret (Wiseman) Simak. He married Agnes Kuchenberg on April 13, 1929. They had two children, Scott and Shelley. Simak attended the [[University of Wisconsin–Madison]]. He later worked at various newspapers in the [[Midwest]]. He began to work with the ''[[Minneapolis Star and Tribune]]'' (in [[Minneapolis]], [[Minnesota]]). This went from 1939 to his retirement in 1976. ==Writing career== Simak became interested in science fiction after reading the works of [[H. G. Wells]] as a child. He started writing for science fiction [[pulp magazines]] in 1931. The only science-fiction piece that