Hugo Gernsback

Hugo Gernsback ( born August 16, 1884 in Luxembourg; † August 19, 1967 in New York City ) was an American publisher and science fiction author.

Life and work

Gernsback (originally Gernsbacher ), who was born in the district of the capital by Bonneweg Luxembourg, emigrated 1904 to the USA one. He married three times: Rose Harvey 1906, Dorothy Kantrowitz in 1921, Mary Hancher in 1951 In 1925, Gernsback the broadcaster WRNY and was involved in the broadcast of the first television broadcasts..

Gernsback was in 1926 published the magazine Amazing Stories, and has thus established the modern genre of science fiction literature. Their main illustrator was the Viennese-born Frank R. Paul. Gernsback also played in the establishment of science fiction fandom a key role by publishing the addresses of letter writers in his journals.

The Science Fiction Achievement Award, which is awarded each year due to the vote of members of the World Science Fiction Society, was named after Hugo Gernsback. Gernsback was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame in 1996.

Gernsback also himself wrote science fiction, including the novel Ralph 124C 41 , he published for the first time from April 1911 to March 1912 in his magazine Modern Electrics. The novel's title is spoken in English, " Ralph one two four one four c ", which you can also be understood as " Ralph, one to forsee for one". This means in German: " Ralph, one of the looks for us in the future." His work is generally considered due to the variety of his ideas as worth reading, less because of its literary or narrative quality. Hugo Gernsback was also an inventor and holds 80 patents to his death. He invented one of the first electronic musical instruments with the use of oscillators, the Staccatone.