Erik Simon (born 1950) is a German science fiction writer, editor of anthologies of science fiction, literary critic of science fiction, and translator. [1] [2]
Erik Simon was born in Dresden. He studied physics at TU Dresden and received qualifications of translator. For a short time he worked as an engineer at a concrete factory, since 1974 he became editor at the Das Neue Berlin publishing house. He translated many science fiction texts from Soviet Union, Bulgaria, Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Anglophone world. [3] : 36 Erik Simon was one of the key figures in science fiction publishing in GDR. He also contributed to theoretical research on the genre. [4] : 27–31