Angela Steinmüller (born 15 April 1941, in
Schmalkalden) is a German mathematician and
science fiction author. Together with her husband
Karlheinz Steinmüller
Karlheinz Steinmüller (born 4 November 1950 in Klingenthal) is a German physicist and science fiction
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she has written science fiction short stories and novels that depict human development on a cosmic scale, grounded in an analysis of social structures and mechanisms. Angela and Karlheinz Steinmüller were not only among the most widely read authors in the
GDR
East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state ...
, ranking at the top of a 1989 poll of most popular science fiction authors in the GDR,
but their works continue to be republished.
Awards
* 1993:
Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis "Best short story" for ''Der Kerzenmacher''
* 1995: Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis "Best short story" for ''Leichter als Vakuum'' (with
Karlheinz Steinmüller
Karlheinz Steinmüller (born 4 November 1950 in Klingenthal) is a German physicist and science fiction
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und
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* 2001: German Fantasy Prize for ''die Verbreitung der phantastischen Literatur in zwei verschiedenen Gesellschaftssystemen sowie ihre Zukunftsperspektiven.'' (with Karlheinz Steinmüller)
* 2004: Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis "Best short story" for ''Vor der Zeitreise'' (with Karlheinz Steinmüller)
Novels (with Karlheinz Steinmüller)
* ''
Andymon. Eine Weltraum-Utopie'', 1982
* ''Pulaster. Roman eines Planeten'', 1986
* ''
Der Traummeister
Der or DER may refer to:
Places
* Darkənd, Azerbaijan
* Dearborn (Amtrak station) (station code), in Michigan, US
* Der (Sumer), an ancient city located in modern-day Iraq
* d'Entrecasteaux Ridge, an oceanic ridge in the south-west Pacific Ocean ...
'', 1990
* ''Spera'', 2004
References
External links
Angela & Karlheinz Steinmüller's home page
1941 births
Living people
People from Schmalkalden
People from Hesse-Nassau
East German writers
East German women
German science fiction writers
Writers from Thuringia
German women writers
German women short story writers
German short story writers
Women science fiction and fantasy writers
20th-century German women
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