Farah Jane Mendlesohn was born on 27 July 1968 and is a British academic historian, writer on speculative fiction, and active member of science fiction fandom.
14 Facts About Farah Mendlesohn
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Farah Mendlesohn is known for books on the history of fantasy, including Children's Fantasy Literature: An Introduction, co-written with Michael Levy.
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In 2015, Farah Mendlesohn received the SFRA Clareson award for distinguished service to the science fiction field.
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Farah Jane Mendlesohn was born on 27 July 1968 in Manchester, England.
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Farah Mendlesohn writes on the history of American religions and British and American science fiction and fantasy.
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Farah Mendlesohn was the editor of Foundation - The International Review of Science Fiction from 2002 to 2007, and served as its chair from 2004.
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Farah Mendlesohn's best known work is the 2008 non-fiction book Rhetorics of Fantasy.
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The four modes, or "rhetorics", Farah Mendlesohn proposes are: portal-quest fantasy, where the protagonists travel from our world to a fantastical one; immersive fantasy, where only the fantastical world exists; intrusion fantasy, where the barriers between the fantasy and real worlds break down; and liminal fantasy, set in a world where certain elements are seen as irrational by the reader but are unquestioned by the characters.
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In 2016 Farah Mendlesohn wrote Children's Fantasy Literature: An Introduction with collaborator Michael Levy.
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In 2005 Farah Mendlesohn won the Hugo Award for Best Related Work for The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction, which edited with historian Edward James.
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James and Farah Mendlesohn edited The Cambridge Companion to Fantasy Literature, released in 2012, and wrote A Short History of Fantasy in 2009.
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In 2010 Farah Mendlesohn was nominated twice for the Best Related Work Hugo, for The Inter-Galactic Playground: A Critical Study of Children's and Teens' Science Fiction, and for On Joanna Russ.
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Farah Mendlesohn is an active volunteer member of the administration for science fiction conventions.
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In 2017, Farah Mendlesohn announced that a critical study of Robert Heinlein was to be published by the crowdfunding publisher Unbound.