Michael Moorcock's literary creations include Hawkmoon, Corum, Von Bek, Jerry Cornelius and, of course, his most famous character, Elric. His tenure as editor of New Worlds magazine in the sixties and seventies is seen as the high watermark of SF editorship in the UK, and was crucial in the development of the SF New Wave. Michael Moorcock is also a musician who has performed since the seventies with his own band, the Deep Fix and, as a member of the prog rock band, Hawkwind, won a gold disc. In 1999, he was given the World Fantasy Life Achievement Award in 2001, he was inducted into the SF Hall of Fame and in 2007, he was named a SFWA Grandmaster.
The author of many literary novels and stories in practically every genre, his novels have won and been shortlisted for numerous awards including the Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, Whitbread and Guardian Fiction Prize.
Michael Moorcock is one of the most important figures in British SF and Fantasy literature.
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