Ruth Berman | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | American |
| Genres | |
| Notable awards | Rhysling Award (2003) Dwarf Stars Award (2006) |
Ruth Berman is an American writer of weird science fiction and speculative poetry.
Her short fiction has appeared in Analog, New Worlds, Star Trek: The New Voyages, Shadows 2, Tales of the Unanticipated, and Asimov's Science Fiction. Berman was a staff member of the University of Minnesota.1
Recognition
Berman won the 2003 Rhysling Award for Best Short Poem, and the 2006 Dwarf Stars Award for her poem Knowledge Of. In 1973, she was a finalist for the first John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer.2
In 2026, the Science_Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association named her a Grand Master.3
Bibliography
Bibliography
Poetry
Anthologies
- Bag Person Press Collective, ed. (2012). Lady poetesses from Hell. Bag Person Press.
List of poems
| Title | Year | First published | Reprinted/collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Fates rebel | 2015 | Berman, Ruth (March 2015). "The Fates rebel". Asimov's Science Fiction. 39 (3): 45. | |
| Gold ring | 2014 | Berman, Ruth (February 2014). "Gold ring". Asimov's Science Fiction. 38 (2): 79. | |
| How many | 2013 | Berman, Ruth (February 2013). "How many". Asimov's Science Fiction. 37 (2): 69. | |
| Immigrant to Desert-World | 1977 | Berman, Ruth (Fall 2013). "Immigrant to Desert-World". Asimov's Choice Astronauts & Androids. 1 (1): 43. 4 | |
| Knowledge of | 2005 | Berman, Ruth (Autumn 2005). "Knowledge of" (PDF). Kerem. 10: 104. |
Fiction
- Berman, Ruth (2011). Bradamant's quest. FTL Publications.
References
References
- "A Ruth Berman Bibliography". University of Minnesota. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2014-09-17.
- History of the John W. Campbell Awards, at TheHugoAwards.org; retrieved August 18, 2019
- Ruth Berman Named SFPA Grand Master; in Locus; published April 3, 2026; retrieved April 4, 2026
- Berman wrote: "I got a pleasant surprise in the mail recently...I told you, didn't I, that a poem of mine (originally about Vulcan, although in the process of rewriting it got away from the specific place), "Immigrant to Desert-World," was published in Isaac Asimov's SF Fall issue? Well, I got another check from them, and a note saying that they're reprinting it in an anthology to come out in a couple of months." -- from a letter by Berman in "Despatch" #32 (October 1977)