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The year 1920 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events.

Births and deaths

January 2: Isaac Asimov, American writer, (died 1992).^[1]
May 9:
- William Tenn, American writer (died 2010)^[2]
- Richard George Adams, British writer (died 2016)^[3]
June 13: Walter Ernsting, German writer, (died 2005)^[4]
August 22: Ray Bradbury, American writer (died 2012)^[5]
October 8: Frank Herbert, American writer (died 1986)^[6]
Peter Phillips, British writer (died 2012)^[7]

The main science-fiction Awards known at the present time did not exist at this time.

The Comet, short story by W. E. B. Du Bois

^ "Isaac Asimov". The Telegraph. October 16, 1992. Archived from the original on December 1, 2016. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
^ Jonas, Gerald. "William Tenn, Satirical Science Fiction Author, Dies at 89". nytimes. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
^ "Obituary: Richard Adams". BBC News. December 27, 2016. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
^ III, Harris M. Lentz (2006). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2005: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture. McFarland. p. 82. ISBN 9780786424894.
^ "Ray Bradbury". The Telegraph. June 6, 2012. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
^ "Frank Herbert | American author". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
^ Mamczak, Sascha; Pirling, Sebastian; Jeschke, Wolfgang (2013). Das Science Fiction Jahr 2013 (in German). Heyne Verlag. p. 900. ISBN 9783641105952.
^ "Yevgeny Zamyatin | Biography & Books". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
^ Moorcock, Michael (August 30, 2002). "Review: A Voyage to Arcturus by David Lindsay". the Guardian. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
^ Horn, Pierre L. (1991). Handbook of French Popular Culture. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 234. ISBN 9780313261213.
^ "City of Endless Night on Goodreads".
^ Donahue, Neil H. (2005). A Companion to the Literature of German Expressionism. Camden House. p. 325. ISBN 9781571131751.
^ Rhodes, Gary Don (1997). Lugosi: His Life in Films, on Stage, and in the Hearts of Horror Lovers. McFarland. p. 8. ISBN 9780786402571.