Aelita Prize
Encyclopedia
Aelita Prize is an award for science fiction
writers founded by the Union of Writers of the Russian Federation and "Ural Pathfinder
Magazine" in 1981. It was named after the classic Russian science fiction novel Aelita
. The prize is awarded during the Aelita, a Soviet/Russian science fiction fandom
convention.
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
writers founded by the Union of Writers of the Russian Federation and "Ural Pathfinder
Ural Pathfinder
Ural Pathfinder is a Soviet and Russian literary magazine. It is printed in Yekaterinburg , Russia located on the eastern side of the Ural mountain range, hence the name of the magazine....
Magazine" in 1981. It was named after the classic Russian science fiction novel Aelita
Aelita (novel)
Aelita also known as Aelita or, The Decline of Mars is a 1923 science fiction novel by Russian author Alexei Tolstoy.-Plot summary:...
. The prize is awarded during the Aelita, a Soviet/Russian science fiction fandom
Science fiction fandom
Science fiction fandom or SF fandom is a community or "fandom" of people actively interested in science fiction and fantasy and in contact with one another based upon that interest...
convention.
Selection of winners
- 1981 - Alexander KazantsevAlexander KazantsevAlexander Petrovitch Kazantsev was a popular Soviet science fiction writer and ufologist.-Biography:Born in Akmolinsk, Imperial Russia . He graduated from Tomsk Polytechnic University, and worked in Soviet Research institute of Electromechanics. Kazantsev was a member of Soviet delegation at the...
and Arkady and Boris StrugatskyArkady and Boris StrugatskyThe brothers Arkady and Boris Strugatsky are Soviet Jewish-Russian science fiction authors who collaborated on their fiction.-Life and work:... - 1982 - Zinovi Yuriev
- 1983 - Vladislav KrapivinVladislav KrapivinVladislav Petrovich Krapivin is a Russian children's books writer.- Biography :Vladislav Petrovich Krapivin was born in the city of Tyumen on 14 October 1938. He received a degree in journalism from the Ural State University. In the course of his studies, he started working at the newspaper...
- 1984 - Sergej Snegow
- 1985 - Sergey Pavlov
- 1986 - Victor Kolupaev
- 1987 - Olga Larionova
- 1988 - Victor Kolupaev
- 1989 - Sever Gansovsky
- 1990 - Oleg Korabelnikov
- 1991 - Vladimir Mikhailov
- 1992 - Sergei Drugal
- 1993 - Vasily ZvyagintsevVasily ZvyagintsevZvyagintsev, Vasily Dmitrievich — famous Russian science fiction author.- Biography :Born in Grozny on November 21, 1944, graduated from Stavropol medical college, worked as emergency assistance doctor, served as military doctor on Sahalin island...
- 1994 - Gennadiy PrashkevichGennadiy PrashkevichGennadiy Martovich Prashkevich is a Russian science fiction writer and International PEN member. He won the Aelita Prize and Garin-Mikhaylovsky Prize . He is also a poet, translator and essayist...
- 1995 - No award given.
- 1997 - Kir BulychevKir BulychevKir Bulychev or Bulychov was a pen name of Igor Vsevolodovich Mojeiko , who was a Soviet and Russian science fiction writer and historian. He received a Master's degree in 1965 and a Ph.D. in 1981 and wrote his first science fiction story in 1965...
- 1998 - Eugeniy Gulyakovskiy
- 1999 - Sergey LukyanenkoSergey LukyanenkoSergei Vasilievich Lukyanenko is a science fiction and fantasy author, writing in Russian, and is arguably the most popular contemporary Russian sci-fi writer...
- 2000 - Vadim ShefnerVadim ShefnerVadim Sergeevich Shefner Вадим Сергеевич Шефнер was a Soviet and Russian poet and writer who started publishing poetry in 1936. His first poetry collection was published in 1940. He turned to philosophical science fiction in the early 1960s, but continued publishing non-genre fiction and...
- 2001 - Marina and Sergey DyachenkoMarina and Sergey DyachenkoMaryna and Serhiy Dyachenko — Maryna Y. Dyachenko and Serhiy S. Dyachenko are spouses and Ukrainian co-authors of novels and plays. They write in Russian and Ukrainian languages. The primary genres of their books are modern science fiction, fantasy, and fairy tales...
- 2002 - Eugeniy Lukin
- 2003 - Vladimir Savchenko
- 2004 - Vasili GolovachovVasili GolovachovVasili Vasilievich Golovachov is a modern Russian science fiction writer, known in Russian-speaking countries for writing both hard science fiction and sci-fi/fantasy mixes.-List of works:...
- 2006 - Alexander GromovAlexander GromovAlexander Nikolayevich Gromov is a Russian science fiction writer, who began writing in 1986 and was first published in the early 1990s. His work is influenced by that of the Strugatsky brothers....
- 2007 - No award given.
- 2008 - Svyatoslav LoginovSvyatoslav LoginovSvyatoslav Vladimirovich Vitman, primarily known under the pen name Svyatoslav Loginov is a Russian writer. He writes mostly science fiction....
- 2009 - Vladimir VasilyevVladimir Vasilyev (writer)Vladimir Nikolaevich Vasilyev is a Russian science fiction writer and musician. His first book was published in 1991. Professional writer since 1997...
- 2010 - Andrey Lazarchuck