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Forrest J Ackerman〔 (born Forrest James Ackerman; November 24, 1916 – December 4, 2008) was an American California-based Los Angeles, magazine editor, science fiction writer and literary agent, a founder of science fiction fandom, a leading expert on science fiction and fantasy films,〔Robert Bloch. "Another Part of the Forrest" in Bloch's ''Out of My Head''. Cambridge MA: NESFA Press, 198, 191-93〕 and acknowledged as the world's most avid collector of genre books and movie memorabilia.〔http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-ackerman6-2008dec06-story.html〕 During his career as a literary agent, Ackerman represented such science fiction authors as Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov, A.E. Van Vogt, Curt Siodmak and L. Ron Hubbard.〔http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1865977,00.html〕 He was, for over seven decades, one of science fiction's staunchest spokesmen and promoters. Ackerman was the editor and principal writer of the American magazine ''Famous Monsters of Filmland'', as well as an actor, from the 1950s into the 21st Century, and appears in at least two documentaries related to this period in popular culture: Director Michael R. MacDonald,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Michael R. MacDonald )〕 and writer, Ian Johnston's〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ian Johnston )〕 ''Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman'',〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman )〕 which premiered at the Egyptian Theatre in March, 2009, during the Forrest J Ackerman Tribute, writer and filmmaker Jason V Brock's ''The Ackermonster Chronicles!'',〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Ackermonster Chronicles! )〕 (a 2012 documentary about Ackerman〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The AckerMonster Chronicles! (2012) )〕) and ''Charles Beaumont: The Life of Twilight Zones Magic Man'',〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Charles Beaumont: The Life of ''Twilight Zone''s Magic Man )〕 about the late author Charles Beaumont, a former client of The Ackerman Agency.〔French, Lawrence ("Richard Matheson remembers his good friend Charles Beaumont" ), Cinefantastiqueonline.com, March 24, 2010. Retrieved October 31, 2012.〕 Also called "Forry," "The Ackermonster," "4e" and "4SJ," Ackerman was central to the formation, organization, and spread of science fiction fandom, and a key figure in the wider cultural perception of science fiction as a literary, art and film genre. Famous for his word play and neologisms, he coined the genre nickname "sci-fi".〔http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/06/AR2008120602021.html〕 In 1953, he was voted "#1 Fan Personality" by the members of the World Science Fiction Society, a unique Hugo Award never granted to anyone else.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=1953 Hugo Awards )〕 He was also among the first and most outspoken advocates of Esperanto in the science fiction community.〔〔() 〕 ==Personal life== Ackerman was born Forrest James Ackerman (though he would refer to himself from the early 1930s on as "Forrest J Ackerman" with no period after the middle initial), on November 24, 1916,〔("Today’s Comics Guide: November 24, 2011: Today’s Birthdays" ). CBGXtra. November 24, 2011〕 in Los Angeles, to Carroll Cridland (née Wyman; 1883–1977) and William Schilling Ackerman (1892–1951). His father was from New York and his mother was from Ohio (the daughter of architect George Wyman); she was nine years older than William. Ackerman attended the University of California at Berkeley for a year (1934–1935), then worked as a movie projectionist and at odd jobs with fan friends prior to spending three years in the U.S. Army after enlisting on August 15, 1942.,〔〔U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938–1946〕 where he rose to the rank of Staff Sergeant, held the position of editor of his base's newspaper, and passed his entire time in service at Fort MacArthur, California. Ackerman was married to a German-born teacher and translator, Mathilda Wahrman (1912–1990), whom he met in the early 1950s while she was working in a book store he happened to visit. He eventually dubbed her "Wendayne" or, less formally, "Wendy", by which name she became most generally known within SF and film fandoms, after the character in Peter Pan, his favorite fantasy.〔 Although they went through a period of separation during the late 1950s and early 1960s, they remained officially married until her death: she suffered serious internal injuries when she was violently mugged while visiting Italy in 1990, and irreparable damage to her kidneys led to her death. They had no children of their own by choice, but Wahrman did have a son by an earlier marriage, Michael Porges, who did not get along with Ackerman and would not live in Ackerman's home. Ackerman was fluent in the international language Esperanto, and claimed to have walked down Hollywood Boulevard arm-in-arm with Leo G. Carroll singing ''La Espero'', the hymn of Esperanto.〔 Ackerman was an atheist but did not emphasize that fact in his public life, and welcomed people of all faiths as well as no faith into his home and personal circle equally. His first public stance on any political issue was in opposition to the Vietnam War. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Forrest J Ackerman」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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