Flowers for Algernon book cover by Daniel Keyes

Flowers for Algernon

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Publication
First published in April 1959. (Wikidata; read November 6, 2026)
Prizes
It received the Hugo Award for Best Short Story in 1960. (Wikidata, citing thehugoawards.org; read November 6, 2026)

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Genres

Topics

  • Genius
  • Intellectual disability
  • Intelligence amplification

Published

  • 1950s

Reading ages

  • Adult

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