1920 in science fiction

The year 1920 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events.

Births and deaths

Births

January 1 : Peter Phillips, British writer, died in 2012.
January 2 : Isaac Asimov, American writer, died in 1992.
May 9 : William Tenn, American writer, died in 2010.
May 9 : Richard George Adams, British writer.
June 13 : Walter Ernsting, German writer, died in 2005.
August 22 : Ray Bradbury, American writer, died in 2012.
October 8 : Frank Herbert, American writer, died in 1986.

Awards

The main science-fiction Awards known at the present time did not exist at this time.

Literary releases

Novels

We, novel by Yevgeny Zamyatin.
A Voyage to Arcturus, novel by David Lindsay.
(French) Le Formidable Événement, novel by Maurice Leblanc.

Audiovisual outputs

Movies

Algol, by Hans Werckmeister.
The Head of Janus, by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau.

See also

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