Viktor DmitrieviÃÂ Kolupaev (September 19, 1936 – June 4, 2001) was a Russian scientist and soft science fiction author who won the Aelita Prize in 1986 and 1988. Kolupaev was born in Nezametny, Yakutia, attended school in Krasnoyarsk and moved in 1954 to Tomsk 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. He started writing fiction in 1970.
Works
- ÃÂøûõàò ôõÃÂÃÂÃÂòþ (A Ticket to Childhood) (1969)
- ÃÂþûõòþõ ÃÂÃÂøûøõ (Mindpower) (1970)
- ÃÂð÷õÃÂýÃÂù úøþÃÂú (The Newsstand) (1971)
- ÃÂôþÃÂ
ýþòõýøõ (Inspiration) (1971)
- ÃÂðÃÂÃÂÃÂþùÃÂøú ÃÂþÃÂûõù (The Piano-Tuner) (1972)
- ÃÂðÃÂõûø ÃÂÃÂÃÂõûÃÂýøúð (Hermit's Swing) (1972)
- ÃÂõÃÂýð ÃÂòõÃÂð (World's Spring) (1972)
- áðüÃÂù ñþûÃÂÃÂþù ôþü (The Biggest House) (1974)
- ÃÂðúøõ ÃÂüõÃÂýÃÂõ ôõÃÂõòÃÂà(Strange Trees) (1975)
- ÃÂÃÂñþòàú ÃÂõüûõ (For Love of Earth) (1975)
- ãûÃÂñúð (Smile) (1975)
- Az ÃÂró 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.
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