Cordwainer Smith, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Cordwainer Smith

American author

Date of Birth: 11-Jul-1913

Place of Birth: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

Date of Death: 06-Aug-1966

Profession: writer, military officer, psychologist, novelist, science fiction writer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Cordwainer Smith ( KORD-way-n?r) was the pen-name used by American author Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger (July 11, 1913 – August 6, 1966) for his science fiction works.
Linebarger was a noted East Asia scholar and expert in psychological warfare.
("Cordwainer" is an archaic word for "a worker in cordwain or cordovan leather; a shoemaker", and a "smith" is "one who works in iron or other metals; esp.
a blacksmith or farrier": two kinds of skilled workers with traditional materials.) Linebarger also employed the literary pseudonyms "Carmichael Smith" (for his political thriller Atomsk), "Anthony Bearden" (for his poetry) and "Felix C.
Forrest" (for the novels Ria and Carola).
He died of a heart attack in 1966 at Johns Hopkins University Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland, at age 53.