Vadim Shefner
Vadim Sergeyevich Shefner; (December 30, 1914 (January 12, 1915) - January 5, 2002) was a Soviet and Russian poet and writer. He started publishing poetry in 1936 and his first poetry collection was published in 1940. He turned to humorous and philosophical science fiction in the early 1960s, but continued publishing non-genre fiction and poetry.
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Vadim Shefner
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- Born
- 1914 · Saint Petersburg.
- Died
- 2002 · Saint Petersburg.
- Nationality
- Soviet Union · Russia
- Occupation
- poet · writer · journalist · translator
- Honours
- Medal For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945 · Order of the Patriotic War and 2nd class · Order of the Red Banner of Labour · Order of Friendship of Peoples · Order of the Red Star · Order of the Badge of Honour
- Languages
- Russian
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Vadim Sergeyevich Shefner; (December 30, 1914 (January 12, 1915) - January 5, 2002) was a Soviet and Russian poet and writer. He started publishing poetry in 1936 and his first poetry collection was published in 1940. He turned to humorous and philosophical science fiction in the early 1960s, but continued publishing non-genre fiction and poetry.
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The recorded working language is Russian. Employment is recorded with National Library of Russia. Distinctions recorded are Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class, Order of the Red Banner of Labour and Order of Friendship of Peoples.
• "The Friar of Chikola" and "A Provincial's Wings", tr. Helen Saltz Jacobson, in New Soviet Science Fiction, New York, Macmillan, 1979, • The Unman, New York, Collier Books, 1981, 233p. Includes: • The Unman (Chelovek s piatiyu ne), trs. Alice Stone Nakhimovsky and Alexander Nakhimovsky • Kovrigin’s chronicles (Devushka u obryva), tr. Antonina W. Bouis • "A Modest Genius: A Fairy Tale for Grown-Ups" ("Skromny geniy"), in: • Russian Science Fiction 1969, ed. Robert Magidoff, New York Univ. Press, 1969, pp. 83–100. • View from Another Shore, ed. Franz Rottensteiner, New York, Seabury Press, 1973, Second edition Liverpool, Liverpool University Press, 1999, and • The 1974 Annual World's Best SF, ed. Donald A. Wollheim, DAW, 1974, pp. 93–107.
Shefner's works
Shefner's works
• Shefner's Poems • Shefner in Moshkov's Library • Shefner on Ruthenia • Shefner on Shefner
Автограф Вадима Шефнера в его книге "Стихотворения" из "Библиотеки советской поэзии". Москва, Художественная литература, 1950-е.
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Русский и советский поэт Орешин, Пётр Васильевич (1887-1938 либо 1942). Портрет в его книге "Стихотворения и поэмы" из "Библиотеки советской поэзии". Москва, Художественная литература.
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Life and career
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1914
Vadim Shefner born at Saint Petersburg.
Undated
Vadim Shefner is recorded as having received Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class and Order of the Red Banner of Labour.
2002
Vadim Shefner died at Saint Petersburg.
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