Viktor Kolupaev

Viktor Dmitrievič Kolupaev (September 19, 1936 July 4, 2001) was a Russian scientist and soft science fiction author who won the Aelita Prize in 1986 and 1988.[1][2] Kolupaev was born in Nezametny, Yakutia, attended school in Krasnoyarsk and moved in 1954 to Tomsk where he attended the Tomsk Polytechnic Institute and became a member of the Siberian Physical-Technical Institute of the Tomsk State University, where he worked in mathematics and bionics. He started writing fiction in 1970.[3]

Works

Kolupaev also published two collections: Hermit's Swing (1980) and The Singing Forest (1984). His only novel was Firmenny Poezd "Fomitch" ("The 'Fomitch' Special Train"), published in 1979.[4]

References

  1. "Kolupaev, Viktor". The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. July 5, 2014. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  2. Сайт конвента "АЭЛИТА" (Екатеринбург) (in Russian). Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  3. "Kolupaev V." (in Russian). Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  4. "Viktor Kolupaev - Summary Bibliography". ISFDB. Retrieved 1 October 2014.



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