Ann Druyan is an American screenwriter and producer specializing in popularizing science. In 1980, together with Karl Sagan, she became a co-author of the documentary series " Space: a personal journey ." She is also a co-producer and co-author of the sequel to the series Cosmos: Space and Time .
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| Date of Birth | June 13, 1949 (aged 70) |
| Place of Birth | Queens , New York , USA |
| Citizenship |  USA |
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| Awards and prizes | Richard Dawkins Award (2004) |
Biography
Druyan was born in Queens ( New York ), in a Jewish family. In an interview with the Washington Post , she indicated that her interest in science generated a fascination with Karl Marx .
Druyan, along with Karl Sagan and Stephen Soter, became one of the three authors of the Cosmos documentary series : personal travel , and later participated in the creation of the film Contact . Sagan and Druyan co-authored the books Comet, Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors, and partly A World Full of Demons.
She was responsible for the selection of musical works for gold records sent by mankind into space on the Voyager-1 and Voyager-2 devices.
In 1981, she married Karl Sagan (third wife), from this marriage she has two children.
She was a member of the directors and from 2006 to 2010 was president of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws [1] .
Notes
- ↑ Ann Druyan .
Links
- Druyan, Ann at the Internet Movie Database