![]() 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. ![]() 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. ![]()
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