Erik Simon

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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]

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Biography

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  [ de ] 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

Selected works

Awards

Kurd Laßwitz Award:

References

  1. Simon, Erik Симон Эрик (1950)
  2. 1 2 Sonja Fritzsche , Science Fiction Literature in East Germany, 2006, ISBN   978-3-03910-739-1
  3. Foundation. The Review of Science Fiction, no. 34, 1985
  4. Angela Steinmüller, Karlheinz Steinmüller, Vorgriff auf das Lichte Morgen. Studien zur DDR-Science-Fiction, 1995
  5. Helmut Fickelscherer, "Die Etablierung eines Genres Bemerkungen zu: Die Science-fiction der DDR. Autoren und Werke".
  6. Lichtjahr Световой год