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]

gollark: Also they basically have a dictator now iIRC.
gollark: We all know Turkey's basically turned evil (as a country) now.
gollark: How odd.
gollark: What?
gollark: Actually, better idea: *99%* of people (randomly picked) aren't allowed to vote, but can still go to the voting booth as usual and vote and whatnot, it's just not counted, and the people who are and aren't allowed don't know this.

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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