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Laumer
Laumer is a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include: * Keith Laumer (1925–1993), American science fiction writer * March Laumer March Laumer (17 August 1923 – 12 January 2000) was an American author, primarily of books on the Land of Oz.Paul S. Ritz, "Remembering March Laumer," ''The Baum Bugle'', Vol. 44 No. 1 (Spring 2000), p. 11. March Laumer was born in Birmingh ... (1923–2000), American writer, brother of March * Lomer (saint) (died 590), Catholic saint also called "Laumer" {{given name, type=both ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keith Laumer
John Keith Laumer ( – ) was an American science fiction author. Prior to becoming a full-time writer, he was an officer in the United States Air Force The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Originally created on 1 August 1907, as a part of the United States Army Signal ... and a diplomat in the United States Foreign Service. His older brother March Laumer was also a writer, known for his adult reinterpretations of the Land of Oz (also mentioned in Laumer's ''The Other Side of Time''). Frank Laumer, their youngest brother, is a historian and writer. Early life Keith Laumer was born in 1925 in Syracuse, New York. He attended Indiana University, 1943–44, and then served in the United States Army Air Forces in the Second World War in Europe. He later attended Stockholm University, 1948–49, and then received a bachelor's degree in architecture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
March Laumer
March Laumer (17 August 1923 – 12 January 2000) was an American author, primarily of books on the Land of Oz.Paul S. Ritz, "Remembering March Laumer," ''The Baum Bugle'', Vol. 44 No. 1 (Spring 2000), p. 11. March Laumer was born in Birmingham, Alabama, the son of an officer in the U.S. Army Air Corps. He was the older brother of science fiction writer Keith Laumer; their youngest brother Frank was also a writer, on historical subjects. March Laumer graduated from the University of Missouri, and taught abroad, including in Ying Wa College (1965–67) in Hong Kong and Turkey. Much of his maturity was spent between residences in Florida and Lund, Sweden. March began writing his Oz books in 1962 (one year before the publication of the fortieth and last "official" Oz book, ''Merry Go Round in Oz''). He was a frequent correspondent of Ruth Plumly Thompson until her death in 1976. Most of Laumer's books were published by his own small press, Opium Books, in Hong Kong, or Vanita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
