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Kolupaev, Viktor

(1936-2001) Russian author who made a striking debut in 1966, soon becoming a leading author of Soft SF; his work has been likened to that of Ray Bradbury. His lyrical short stories are assembled in Slutchitsia Zhe S Tchelovekom Takoie! ["What Can Happen to a Man?"] (coll 1972), Katcheli Otshel'nika (coll 1974; trans Helen Saltz Jacobson with somewhat differing contents as Hermit's Swing 1980) and Poiushii Les ["The Singing Forest"] (coll 1984). Kolupaeav's only novel is the controversial and somewhat unsuccessful Firmenny Poezd "Fomitch" ["The 'Fomitch' Special Train"] (1979). He received the Russian Aelita Award in 1988. [VG]

Viktor Dmitrievich Kolupaev

born Nezametny (now Aldan), Yakutia, USSR: 19 September 1936

died Tomsk, Russia: 4 June 2001

works

• Slutchitsia Zhe S Tchelovekom Takoie! ["What Can Happen to a Man?"] (Moscow: Molodaia gvardiia, 1972) [coll: hb/]
• Katcheli Otshel'nika (Moscow: Molodaia gvardiia, 1974) [coll: hb/]
  • Hermit's Swing (New York: Macmillan Publishing Co, 1980) [trans by Helen Saltz Jacobson of the above: contents differ slightly: hb/Richard Powers]
• Firmenny Poezd "Fomitch" ["The 'Fomitch' Special Train"] (Novosibirsk, USSR: Zapadno-Sibirskoe knizhnoe izd-vo, 1979) [hb/]
• Poiushii Les ["The Singing Forest"] (Novosibirsk, USSR: Zapadno-Sibirskoe knizhnoe izd-vo, 1984) [coll: hb/]

links

• Internet Speculative Fiction Database

Entry from The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (2011-current) edited by John Clute and David Langford.
Accessed 21:54 pm on 18 January 2025.
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