Saturday 5 February 2022

Flowers for Algernon - Daniel Keyes

 

Flowers for Algernon is the title of a science fiction short story and a novel by American writer 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.
 

In 1981, this book was banned from an AK high school because it described the sex act in explicit four-letter terms.
 
d it touches on ethical and moral themes such as the treatment of the mentally disabled 
 

Charly
(marketed and stylized as CHAЯLY) is a 1968 American drama film, directed and produced by Ralph Nelson, and written by Stirling Silliphant. It was based on Flowers for Algernon,  
 
 Robertson was nominated for and won Best Actor at the 1969 Academy Awards.for his role in the film Charly.

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