Flowers for Algernon
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Flowers for Algernon is a short novelette by American author Daniel Keyes, which he later expanded into a novel and adapted for film and other media. The novelette, written in 1958 and first published
The dust jacket of the novel’s first edition
Mona Freeman (Alice) and Cliff Robertson (Charlie Gordon) in "The Two Worlds of Charlie Gordon", a 1961 presentation of The United States Steel Hour. Robertson reprised his role in the film Charly.
Charly (1968 film)
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Charly is a 1968 American science fiction drama film directed and produced by Ralph Nelson and written by Stirling Silliphant. It is based on Flowers for Algernon, a science-fiction short story and su
Flowers for Algernon
…is frequently taught in schools around the world and has been adapted many times for television, theater, radio and as the Academy Award-winning film Charly (1968). The ideas for Flowers for Algernon developed over 14 years and were inspired by events in Keyes's life, starting in 1945 with Keyes's conflict…
1968 theatrical release poster