Viktor Dmitrievič Kolupaev (September 19, 1936 – June 4, 2001) was a Russian scientist and
soft science fiction author who won the
Aelita Prize The Aelita Award is an award for science fiction writers founded by the Union of Writers of the Russian Federation (formerly the Soviet Writers Union) and " Uralsky Sledopyt Magazine" in 1981. It was named after the classic Russian science fiction ...
in 1986 and 1988.
Kolupaev was born in
Nezametny,
Yakutia, attended school in
Krasnoyarsk and moved in 1954 to
Tomsk
Tomsk ( rus, Томск, p=tomsk, sty, Түң-тора) is a city and the administrative center of Tomsk Oblast in Russia, located on the Tom River. Population:
Founded in 1604, Tomsk is one of the oldest cities in Siberia. The city is a not ...
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
Bionics or biologically inspired engineering is the application of biological methods and systems found in nature to the study and design of engineering systems and modern technology.
The word ''bionic'', coined by Jack E. Steele in August 1 ...
. He started writing fiction in 1970.
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.
References
1936 births
2001 deaths
Russian science fiction writers
Soviet science fiction writers
Soviet male writers
20th-century Russian male writers
Soviet scientists
Soviet writers
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