Aleksandar Žiljak (born 19 June 1963
) is a
science fiction
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and
fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction that involves supernatural or Magic (supernatural), magical elements, often including Fictional universe, imaginary places and Legendary creature, creatures.
The genre's roots lie in oral traditions, ...
writer and illustrator from
Zagreb
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,
Croatia
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. In 2006, he co-edited ''Ad Astra'', an anthology of
Croatian SF stories, which covers period from 1976 to 2006, and he co-edits Croatian literary SF journal ''Ubiq''.
Žiljak is the winner of five
SFERA Awards, three for Best Story and two for Best Illustration. His story "An Evening In The City Coffeehouse, With Lydia On My Mind" was included in ''The Apex Book of World SF'' (2009).
See also
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Science fiction in Croatia
Croatian science fiction consists mostly of literature, novels and stories published in various magazines and story collections, and some movies and graphic novels. The first Croatian occurrence of science fiction happened in 1919 and since then ...
References
1963 births
Living people
Croatian science fiction writers
Croatian fantasy writers
Date of birth missing (living people)
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