*Flowers for Algernon*"Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes Flowers for Algernon is a science fiction short story and subsequent novel written by Daniel Keyes. The short story, written in 1958 and first published in the April 1959 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, won the Hugo Award for Best Short Story in 1960.[2] The novel was published in 1966 and was joint winner of that year's Nebula Award for Best Novel (with Babel-17).[3] **Publication history The short story "Flowers for Algernon" was first published as the lead story in -the April 1959 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction.[7] It was later reprinted in -The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction, 9th series (1960),[4][11] -the Fifth Annual of the Year’s Best Science Fiction (1960),[4][12] -Best Articles and Stories (1961),[4] -Literary Cavalcade (1961),[4] -The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One, 1929-1964 (1970),[13] -The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction: A 30-Year Retrospective (1980).[11] The expanded novel was first published -in 1966 by Harcourt Brace with the Bantam paperback following in 1968.[4] By 2004, it had been translated into 27 languages, published in 30 countries and sold more than 5 million copies.[14] Since its original publication, the novel has never been out of print.[9] ---- from Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flowers_for_Algernon (2009.10.30)