Rakitina Nika

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Rakitina Nika (pen name of Ludmila Bogdanova [1] ) (born in 1963) is a science fiction and fantasy writer from Gomel, Belarus.

Gomel Place in Homiel Voblast, Belarus

Gomel is the administrative centre of Gomel Region and with 526,872 inhabitants the second-most populous city of Belarus.

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She received the ESFS encouragement award (Belarus) at Eurocon-2008. [2]

Eurocon is an annual science fiction convention held in Europe. The organising committee of each Eurocon is selected by vote of the participants of the previous event. The procedure is coordinated by the European Science Fiction Society. The first Eurocon was held in Trieste, Italy, in 1972. Unlike Worldcons, Eurocon is usually a title attached to an existing convention. The European SF Awards are given in most of the conventions giving recognition to the best works and achievements in science fiction.

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  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-02-22. Retrieved 2012-02-03.
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-02-16. Retrieved 2012-02-03.
  3. ↑ http://www.convent.ru/roscon/2009/spisok2009.html #405 (Russian)


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