Cordwainer Smith, American sinologist, author, and academic (died 1966)

Cordwainer Smith

American science fiction writer (1913–1966)

Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger, known by his pen-name Cordwainer Smith, was an American author of science fiction. He was an officer in the US Army, a noted scholar of East Asia, and an expert in psychological warfare. He was one of science fiction's more influential authors…