Andrä Martyna
Andrä Martyna (born July 19, 1958 in Hanover ; died August 6, 2011 ) was a German author and illustrator of science fiction and fantasy .
Life
Martyna became interested in science fiction and fantasy at an early age . In his youth he wrote short stories and radio plays , which he produced himself. For 34 years he worked full-time as a photo technician. With the availability of affordable computers and powerful graphics software , he began to create computer-generated graphics and to design fantasy and science fiction scenes on the computer. In 2001 Taschen Verlag published seven works by Martyna in an illustrated book with digital art. This was followed by further publications in illustrated books in Japan, China, Spain and France and first work as a cover graphic artist and illustrator, among others for the Blitz publishing house . He also began to publish short stories in SF magazines and anthologies . Together with SHA Parzzival and Michelle Stern , he wrote two volumes of Titan Star Adventure , a sequel to spaceship Promet .
Martyna lived with his family in Hameln . He died in August 2011 at the age of 53 after suffering a heart attack in June .
bibliography
- Titan - Star Adventure
(Blitz-Verlag; with SHA Parzzival and Michelle Stern )
- 19 melody of tears. 2008, ISBN 978-3-89840-131-9 .
- 20 The smile of fear. 2008, ISBN 978-3-89840-133-3 .
- Short stories
- Gorn. In: Lothar Bauer (Ed.): Terracom 104. Club Terracom, 2007.
- The angel. In: Alisha Bionda (Ed.): Advocatus Diaboli: gloomy, fantastic stories. Ed. Roter Drache, Rudolstadt 2010, ISBN 978-3-939459-22-4 .
- The creature of Eastchurch. In: Alisha Bionda (ed.): Sherlock Holmes - the unsolved riddle. Voodoo Press, 2011, ISBN 978-3-902802-05-7 .
- Life without end. In: Alisha Bionda (ed.): The perfect peace. p.machinery, 2011, ISBN 978-3-942533-05-8 .
- Cover illustrations (selection)
- Matthias Falke , Michael Knoke : The virus planet. Star Voyager # 0. Blitz, 2009, ISBN 978-3-89840-281-1 .
- Alisha Bionda (Ed.): Advocatus Diaboli: gloomy and fantastic stories. Ed. Roter Drache, Rudolstadt 2010, ISBN 978-3-939459-22-4 .
- Alisha Bionda (ed.): The encounter - and other gloomy winter legends. ARS LITTERAE, Volume 6. Sieben-Verlag, Fischbachtal 2010, ISBN 978-3-940235-92-3 .
- Linda Budinger: Under the full moon. Sieben-Verlag, Fischbachtal 2010, ISBN 978-3-940235-91-6 .
- Sherlock Holmes - The Unsolved Riddle: Mystery Anthology. Voodoo Press, Marsalforn 2011, ISBN 978-3-902802-05-7 .
- Alisha Bionda (Ed.): Snakewoman and other fantastic stories: Commemorative anthology for the 1st anniversary of the death of the artist Andrä Martyna. Fabylon, 2012, ISBN 978-3-927071-60-5 .
- Matthias Falke : The red desert: fantastic stories. P.machinery, 2012, ISBN 978-3-942533-27-0 .
literature
- Andrä Martyna, Alisha Bionda: I think my greatest asset is my versatility: Interview with Andrä Martyna. In: Fantastic Whisper Bag 3 . Fantasia # 285. First German Fantasy Club , 2010.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Andrä Martyna , short biography on the website of the Ashera agency, accessed on April 20, 2020.
- ↑ Julius Wiedemann (Ed.): Digital beauties: 2D & 3D computer generated digital models, virtual idols and characters. Taschen Verlag, Cologne u. a. 2001, ISBN 3-8228-1628-0 .
- ^ Andrä Martyna , blog post by Alisha Bionda, accessed on April 20, 2020.
- ^ Died: Andrä Martyna (1958–2011) , report on Phantastiknews.de, accessed on April 20, 2020.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Martyna, Andra |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Alihahd (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German author and illustrator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 19, 1958 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hanover |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 6, 2011 |