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Wolfgang Jeschke

ヴォルフガング・イェシュケ

Worufugangu Yeshuke

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1936-11-19 （Děčín）
Died
2015-06-10 age 78
Nationality
German
Languages
German, English
Residence History
Asperg near Ludwigsburg → Munich

Career

Occupations
science fiction author, editor, toolmaker, mechanical engineer
Active Years
1955-2015
Affiliations
Heyne Verlag, Kindlers literature encyclopedia
Memberships
Science Fiction Club Deutschland (SFCD)
Influenced By
Herbert W. Franke

Education

Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
German, English literature, philosophy
Country: Germany
Entered after Abitur in 1959. Publishing internship at C.H. Beck.

Awards

Harrison Award
1987
Result: winner
Deutscher Science Fiction Preis
2005
Work: Das Cusanus-Spiel
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Der letzte Tag der Schöpfung

1981 Science Fiction

Science fiction novel themed on time travel.

time travelparadox

Midas oder Die Auferstehung des Fleisches

1993 Science Fiction

Work on the resurrection of the flesh.

resurrection of the flesh

Das Cusanus-Spiel

2005 Science Fiction

Historical SF like a Western kaleidoscope.

alternate historytime travel

Bibliography

  • Der letzte Tag der Schöpfung (1981)
  • Midas oder Die Auferstehung des Fleisches (1993)
  • Meamones Auge (1997)
  • Osiris Land (1997)
  • Das Cusanus-Spiel (2005)
  • Dschiheads (2013)
  • Die Anderen (1959)
  • Der Zeiter (1970)
  • Schlechte Nachrichten aus dem Vatikan (1993)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Known for themes of time travel and paradox
Recurring Motifs
time travelparadox

Legacy

Influential German SF author and editor at Heyne Verlag, key in SF publishing.