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George R.R. Martin
George Raymond Richard Martin (English: George Raymond Richard Martin, September 20, 1948 -), often called George R.R. Martin or GRRM, is an American writer and screenwriter who mainly creates fictional literary works in the styles of fantasy, horror and science fiction. His representative work is the series of epic fantasy novels "A Song of Ice and Fire", of which five have been published. It was adapted by HBO into the TV series "Game of Thrones" with a total of eight seasons and 73 episodes, which was broadcast from 2011 to 2019 and won many awards including the Emmy Award and the Screen Actors Guild Award. In 2005, Martin was called "America's J.R.R. Tolkien" by Lev Grossman, a writer for Time magazine, and was selected by Time magazine as one of Time's 100 Greatest People in 2011. .
- Category
- Writers
- Nationality
- United States
- Born
- 1948-09-20
- Wikidata
- Q181677
