Carlos Rasch (6 April 1932 in Curitiba, Brazil – 7 January 2021[1]) was a science fiction[2] author, whose works mostly appeared in East Germany before German reunification.

Carlos Rasch
Born(1932-04-06)6 April 1932
Brazil
DiedJanuary 7, 2021(2021-01-07) (aged 88)
Germany
OccupationAuthor

Biography

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At the age of six, he moved with his parents from Brazil to Germany. In 1951, he started working as a reporter for the GDR's Allgemeiner Deutscher Nachrichtendienst. It was during his days as a reporter that he started writing literature. In 1965, he became a full-time writer. In addition to writing novels, he penned science-fiction short stories and radio dramas as well co-authoring the unproduced thirteen-part GDR television series Raumlotsen. There followed a period in which he was out of favor with the ruling powers and earned his keep through pick-up jobs and writing under pseudonyms. By the mid-80s, he was once again able to publish. From 1990 until he retired in 1997, he worked for the Märkische Allgemeine Zeitung in Potsdam.[3]

Selected publications

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  • Asteroidenjäger (1961; movie version produced by DEFA in 1970 as Signale – Ein Weltraumabenteuer, directed by Gottfried Kolditz)
  • Der blaue Planet (1963)
  • Der Untergang der Astronautic (1963)
  • Im Schatten der Tiefsee (1965)
  • Die Umkehr der Meridian. Raumfahrterzählung aus dem Jahre 2232 (1966)
  • Das unirdische Raumschiff (1967)
  • Rekordflug im Jet-Orkan (1970)
  • Krakentang (1972)
  • Magma am Himmel (1975)
  • Vikonda (1986)
  • Raumlotsen-Series
  • Zurück zum Erdenball (2009)
  • Orbitale Balance (2010)
  • Daheim auf Erden (2011)
  • Stern von Gea (2011)

References

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  1. ^ Traueranzeige Carlos Rasch
  2. ^ "Hobby-Astronomen bereiten sich auf Himmelsspektakel vor". Freie Presse. Frie Presse. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  3. ^ Fritzsche, Sonja (October 2006). Science Fiction Literature in East Germany (First ed.). Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften. p. 333. ISBN 3-03910-739-9.
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