Viktor Kolupaev

Viktor Dmitrievič Kolupaev (September 19, 1936 – June 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
  • Билет в детство (A Ticket to Childhood) (1969)
  • Волевое усилие (Mindpower) (1970)
  • Газетный киоск (The Newsstand) (1971)
  • Вдохновение (Inspiration) (1971)
  • Настройщик роялей (The Piano-Tuner) (1972)
  • Качели Отшельника (Hermit's Swing) (1972)
  • Весна света (World's Spring) (1972)
  • Самый большой дом (The Biggest House) (1974)
  • Какие смешные деревья (Strange Trees) (1975)
  • Любовь к Земле (For Love of Earth) (1975)
  • Улыбка (Smile) (1975)
  • Az író gép (1980)

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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