Sergey Snegov (russian: Серге́й Алекса́ндрович Сне́гов) (20 August 1910, in
Odessa – 23 February 1994), real surname Kozeryuk (russian: Козерюк), was a
Soviet
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science fiction writer. In 1985, he was awarded the
Aelita Prize, the main Soviet prize for science fiction. His science fiction series ''
Humans as Gods'' was popular in
East Germany
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and in
Poland
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.
External links
''Snegov, Sergey Alexandrovich''at
Laboratory of Fantastic (Russian).
References
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The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
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page 1040.
1910 births
1994 deaths
Writers from Odesa
Russian science fiction writers
Soviet science fiction writers
Soviet male writers
20th-century Russian male writers
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