Author. He best known novel is the work "Flowers for Algernon" (1966), the story of a mentally challenged man who became a genius following experimental surgery. It made into a 1968 motion picture adaptation titled "Charly." Cliff Robertson earned an Academy Award for his portrayal of the main character. Keyes served as a ship's purser with the United States Maritime Service at the age of seventeen and later, he studied Psychology at Brooklyn College from where he received his Bachelor of Arts. He became a high school English teacher and had a position as associate fiction editor for Marvel Science Fiction under Stan Lee. In 1959, his short story "Flowers for Algernon" was published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction which earned him a Hugo Award. He taught Creative Writing at Wayne University and later at Ohio University. Among his other novels include "The Touch" (1968), "The Fifth Sally" (1980) and "The Minds of Billy Milligan" (1981). He died of complications from pneumonia.
Author. He best known novel is the work "Flowers for Algernon" (1966), the story of a mentally challenged man who became a genius following experimental surgery. It made into a 1968 motion picture adaptation titled "Charly." Cliff Robertson earned an Academy Award for his portrayal of the main character. Keyes served as a ship's purser with the United States Maritime Service at the age of seventeen and later, he studied Psychology at Brooklyn College from where he received his Bachelor of Arts. He became a high school English teacher and had a position as associate fiction editor for Marvel Science Fiction under Stan Lee. In 1959, his short story "Flowers for Algernon" was published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction which earned him a Hugo Award. He taught Creative Writing at Wayne University and later at Ohio University. Among his other novels include "The Touch" (1968), "The Fifth Sally" (1980) and "The Minds of Billy Milligan" (1981). He died of complications from pneumonia.
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