Jeanne Robinson
Robinson at the 2004 Necronomicon
Born(1948-03-30)March 30, 1948
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedMay 30, 2010(2010-05-30) (aged 62)
Alma materBoston Conservatory
Occupation(s)Choreographer, writer
Spouse
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(m. 1975)​
Websitespiderrobinson.com/jeanne.html

Jeanne Robinson (March 30, 1948 – May 30, 2010) was an American-born Canadian choreographer who co-wrote three science fiction novels, The Stardance Saga, with her husband Spider Robinson.[1][2] Stardance won the Hugo Award for Best Novella in 1978.[3]

Biography

Jeanne Robinson was born in Boston, Massachusetts. She studied dance at the Boston Conservatory, and at the Martha Graham, Alvin Ailey, and Erick Hawkins schools.[4] She performed with the Beverly Brown Dance Ensemble in New York City, and served as the artistic director of the Nova Dance Theatre in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where she choreographed more than thirty original works.[4]

Robinson married fellow science-fiction writer Spider Robinson in 1975. She was diagnosed with biliary tract cancer in February 2009 and began undergoing numerous treatments. She died, age 62, on May 30, 2010.[5]

Along with her husband, she was awarded the Inkpot Award in 2001.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Zero-gravity dance is a go; Dancer-choreographer Jeanne Robinson will realize a decades-old dream by staging a zero-G dance with the stars on Sunday". The Gazette. Montreal. December 27, 2007. Archived from the original on March 7, 2008.
  2. ↑ Bear, Greg (May 7, 1978). "Nebula Awards give solid gains to science-fiction authors". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on October 24, 2012. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
  3. ↑ "1978 Hugo Awards". The Hugo Awards. July 26, 2007. Retrieved March 19, 2020.
  4. 1 2 "Jeanne Robinson". Capricon 30: Celebration! Program Book. 2010. p. 6.
  5. ↑ Kowal, Mary Robinette (May 31, 2010). "RIP: Jeanne Robinson 1948–2010". Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Retrieved May 31, 2010.
  6. ↑ Inkpot Award
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