Vladimir Colin

Vladimir Colin (actually Jean Colin ; born May 1, 1921 in Bucharest ; died December 6, 1991 there ) was a Romanian writer . He wrote poetry , essays , fantasy and science fiction .

Awards

• 1953: Romanian State Prize for Literature
• 1972: Prize of the Romanian Writers' Union
• 1976: European Science Fiction Society Award for Romania
• 1980: European Science Fiction Society Award for the novel Babel
• 1989: European Science Fiction Society Award for Lifetime Achievement

Works (selection)

• Basme (1953)
• Poveştile celor trei mincinoşi (1956)
• Zece povești pitice (1957)
• Basmele Omului (1958)
• Legendele țării lui Vam. O mitologie a omului (1961)
• Povestea scrisului (1966)
• A zecea lume (1964)
• Pentagrama (1967)
• Un peşte invizibil şi douăzeci de povestiri fantastice (1970)
• Capcanele timpului (1972)
• Dinții lui Cronos (1975)
• Grifonul lui Ulise (1976)
• Babel (1978)
• Timp cu călăreț și corb (1979,)
• Imposibila oază, povestiri fantastice (1984)
• Xele, motanul din stele (1984)

Translated short stories

• Broasca (1964)
  • German: The contact. In: Darko Suvin (Ed.): Other worlds, other seas. Goldmann, 1972, ISBN 3-442-30258-7 .
• Photographic invizibilului (1966)
  • German: The photographer of the invisible. In: Wolfgang Jeschke (Ed.): At the border. Heyne SF&F # 4610, 1989, ISBN 3-453-03475-9 .
• Giovanna și îngerul (1966)
  • German: Giovanna and the Angel. In: Mircea Opriță, Herbert W. Franke (ed.): SF from Romania. Goldmann Science Fiction # 23424, 1983, ISBN 3-442-23424-7 .
• Lnaga (1966)
  • German: Lnaga . In: The talking gold dust. People and World, 1984.
• Ultimul avatar al lui Tristan (1966)
  • English: The last metamorphosis of Tristan. Translated by Marie-Thérèse Kerschbaumer . In: Franz Rottensteiner (Ed.): The rat in the labyrinth. Insel (Fantastic Reality: Science Fiction of the World), 1971. New edition: Suhrkamp (Fantastic Library # 100), 1983, ISBN 3-518-37454-0 .
• În cerc, dead may aproape (1972)
  • German: In a circle, ever closer. In: Mircea Opriță, Herbert W. Franke (ed.): SF from Romania. Goldmann Science Fiction # 23424, 1983, ISBN 3-442-23424-7 .
• Sub old stele (1972)
  • German: Under other stars. In: Mircea Opriță, Herbert W. Franke (ed.): SF from Romania. Goldmann Science Fiction # 23424, 1983, ISBN 3-442-23424-7 .
• Nostalgicii (1984)
  • German: Die Nostalgiker. Translated by Veronika Riedel. In: Franz Rottensteiner (ed.): The entrance to paradise and other fantastic stories. Suhrkamp (Fantastic Library # 219), 1988, ISBN 3-518-38066-4 .

literature

• Hans Joachim Alpers , Werner Fuchs , Ronald M. Hahn : Reclam's science fiction guide. Reclam, Stuttgart 1982, ISBN 3-15-010312-6 , p. 204.

Web links

• Vladimir Colin in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
• Literature by and about Vladimir Colin in the catalog of the German National Library
• Aurel Cărăşel: COLIN, Vladimir (1921-1991) , entry in Nautilus. Revistă Online de Literatură SF şi Fantasy (Romanian)
• Vladimir Colin on Goodreads.com