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Although he dreamed of being a writer, Keyes’ parents wanted him to be a doctor. The scholarships, which were awarded for the first time this year, include The Daniel Keyes Family Endowed Scholarship, and the Daniel Keyes Family Graduate Scholarships in Creative Writing.įlowers for Algernon has a long history, stretching back to Keyes’ days as a premed major at New York University. In honor of that important time, Daniel Keyes spent here, his daughters Hillary and Leslie Keyes have generously set up several scholarships for Wayne State English students. Keyes’ beloved novel has been translated into 27 different languages, taught to a countless number of students in English classes, and was actually written during Keyes’ time at our very own Wayne State. The novel, originally a novella, is the tragic tale of a science experiment that turns a mentally challenged man named Charlie Gordon into a genius. He’s survived by two daughters.Daniel Keyes was an American writer and professor best-known for Flowers for Algernon, a science fiction novel that’s sold more than five million copies since its publication in 1966.

He taught creative writing at Wayne State University in Michigan until his death from pneumonia in 2014. After 1966, Keyes continued to write stories and novels, though none were remotely as successful as Flowers for Algernon. When he published the novel in 1966, it won the Nebula Award-the other most prestigious award given for American science fiction. Encouraged by his success, Keyes set to work converting his short story into a full-length novel. He published the story in 1959, and was honored for his work with a Hugo Award, the most prestigious honor given to American science fiction authors. It was during his time working for Marvel that Keyes developed the idea for the short story “Flowers for Algernon,” his most famous work. He took an interest in writing during his time in school, and after graduating he began working as the editor of the pulp science fiction magazine Marvel Science Stories, the precursor to Marvel Comics. Daniel Keyes grew up in Brooklyn, and studied psychology at Brooklyn College.