Kir Bulychov
Kir bulychev ( Russian Кир Булычёв * 18th October 1934 in Moscow , † 5. September 2003 ibid) is the pseudonym of Igor Vsevolodovich Moscheiko (Игорь Всеволодович Можейко), one of the most popular science fiction -Autoren the Soviet Union and later Russia .
Life
In 1957 he completed his studies at the Pedagogical Foreign Language Institute in Moscow and worked for some time as an interpreter and correspondent for the magazine Wokrug Sweta ( Вокруг света ) in Southeast Asia. Later he worked as a historian specializing in Burma at the Moscow Institute of Oriental Studies of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union .
In addition to numerous scientific publications, he wrote a variety of different sci-fi stories. His extremely successful cycle of children's books about the girl Alisa (named after his daughter), who experienced numerous adventures on earth and in space in the late 21st century, made him famous throughout the Soviet Union and beyond. Parts of it were filmed as a television series (Гостья из будущего / The visitor from the future, 1984). His other works for adults are mostly socially critical and caricature everyday problems in the Soviet Union.
Furthermore, Kir Bulytschow wrote the scripts for over twenty films and translated numerous texts - not just science fiction books - into Russian, etc. a. by Piers Anthony , Isaac Asimov , Jorge Luis Borges , Ben Bova , Arthur C. Clarke , Lyon Sprague de Camp , Graham Greene , Robert A. Heinlein , Cyril M. Kornbluth , Ursula K. Le Guin , Clifford D. Simak , Georges Simenon , Theodore Sturgeon and James White .
Works
Children's books
Published in the GDR, in the translation by Aljonna Möckel
- Das Mädchen von der Erde , Kinderbuchverlag Berlin , 1984 ( Девочка, с которой ничего не случится and Путешествие Алисы ) (also contains: The girl to whom nothing ever happens )
- Die lila Kugel , Kinderbuchverlag Berlin, 1986 ( Лиловый шар )
- The girl from the future , Kinderbuchverlag Berlin, 1987 ( День рождения Алисы and Пленники астероида ) (also contains: The prisoners of the asteroid )
- Alissa chasing the pirates , children's book publisher Berlin, 1988 ( Сто лет тому вперед , abbreviated)
- Julka and the Extraterrestrials , Children's Book Publishing Berlin, 1989 ( Два билета в Индию und Черный саквояж ) (also contains: The black travel bag )
Adult books
- The Mars Elixir, or: The Warriors at the Way of the Cross , Das Neue Berlin , 1980 ( Марсианское зелье ); German by Aljonna Möckel; 2nd edition 1983
- The mountain pass , Das Neue Berlin, 1986 ( Перевал ), German by Aljonna Möckel
- Survivors , Wilhelm Heyne Verlag , 1995, in German by Aljonna Möckel and Erik Simon
- Visit from the cosmos , Verlag Neues Leben , Berlin, 1982, German by Aljonna Möckel, illustrations by Günther Lück
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A takan for the children of the earth ( Takan dlja detjej semli )
- Verlag MIR / Das Neue Berlin, 1976 (original compilation)
- Heyne books, Munich, 1981; German by Gisela Frankenberg and Leonore Weist
- The unified will of the entire Soviet people , Memoranda Verlag, Berlin, 2020 (original compilation), German by Ivo Gloss, illustrations by Renate Gloss
Non-fiction
- On the mast of the skull - piracy in the Indian Ocean , Das Neue Berlin, 1981, German by Klaus-Dieter Goll
- 7 and 37 Wonders of the World , Verlag Mir, Moscow / Urania Verlag, Berlin, Leipzig, Jena, Berlin, 1988; German by Emilia Crome, illustrations: Werner Ruhner
literature
- Alexander Fjodorow: Conversation with Kir Bulytschow , in: Sowjetliteratur (38) 1986, Issue 12, pp. 169–174.
- Vladimir Gakov: Bulychev, Kir. In: John Clute , Peter Nicholls : The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction . 3rd edition (online edition), version dated April 4, 2017.
- Erik Simon : The life of Igor Moshejko, Kir Bulytschow's work. On the death of a great Russian science fiction writer . In: The Science Fiction Year 2004 , ed. by Sascha Mamczak and Wolfgang Jeschke , Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-453-87896-5 , pp. 370-380.
- Maria Galina: The Macondo that we missed . In: Quarber Mercury . Franz Rottensteiner's literary magazine for science fiction and fantasy , vol. 115, pp. 52–59, 2014. ISBN 978-3-934273-94-8
- Ivo Gloss: Kir Bulytschow - fantastic . In: Kir Bulytschow: The unified will of the entire Soviet people . Memoranda Verlag, Berlin 2020, pp. 269–284. ISBN 978-3-948616-00-7
- Ivo Gloss: German-language publications by Kir Bulytschow (Igor Moshejko). Compiled chronologically according to the first German publication . [Bibliography] In: Kir Bulytschow: The unified will of the entire Soviet people . Memoranda Verlag, Berlin 2020, pp. 285–298. ISBN 978-3-948616-00-7
Web links
- Literature by and about Kir Bulytschow in the catalog of the German National Library
- Kir bulychev in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
- Works by and about Kir Bulytschow at Open Library
- Official Website (Russian)
- Official website (English)
- Obituary by the German translator Ivo Gloss
Individual evidence
- ↑ In some German translations the name is wrongly given as "Kirill Bulytschow". The author derived the first name of his pseudonym from the first name of his wife Kira Soschinskaja, the last name from his mother's surname, see obituary
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bulychov, Kir |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Булычёв, Кир (Russian); Moshejko, Igor Vsevolodowitsch (real name); Можейко, Игорь Всеволодович (real Russian name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian science fiction author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 18, 1934 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Moscow |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 5, 2003 |
| Place of death | Moscow |