Ion Hobana

Ion Hobana ( born January 25, 1931 in Sannicolau Mare, † February 22, 2011 in Bucharest ) was a Romanian writer who actually Aurelian Manta Roşie said.

Ion Hobana studied Romanian literature at the University of Bucharest. In 1955 he began to publish short stories and novels, but also wrote screenplays ( The Crimes of the Hart, 1960). Over the years his work has been translated into more than twenty languages ​​. He also worked as a translator and editor and has written non-fiction books to science fiction literature about about Jules Verne, and those on UFOs. As of 2006, his collection Ion Hobana prezintă maeştrii anticipaţiei clasice (Ion Hobana the master of classical anticipation presented ), and in the works by Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Louis Stevenson, Edmond About, Jules Verne, Emilio Salgari, Frigyes Karinthy, Jack London appeared HG Wells have been published.

In Romania, the eponymous Ion Hobana Award is awarded.

Works (selection)

SF novels

  • Ultimul val, 1957
  • Caleidoscop, 1958
  • Oamen si stele, 1963
  • Sfarsiful vacantei, 1969
  • Caletone interrupta, 1989

Short story collections

  • Un fol de spatiu, 1988

As editor

  • The prepared piano. Romanian Sci-fi, 2 volumes, selection and introduction by Ion Hobana, translated by Erich Mesch, Criterion Publishing, Bucharest, 1982.
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