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Rottensteiner, Franz

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Personal name headingRottensteiner, Franz
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Birth date1942-01-18
Place of birthWaidmannsfeld (Austria)
Field of activityPhilology Criticism Journalism
AffiliationUniversität Wien
Profession or occupationCritics Journalists Translators
Translator of science fiction into German
Found inThe Slaying of the dragon, 1984: CIP t.p. (Franz Rottensteiner)
LC data base, 12/12/83 (hdg.: Rottensteiner, Franz)
His Erkundungen im Nirgendwo, 2003: t.p. (Franz Rottensteiner) p. facing t.p. (b. Jan. 18, 1942; Dr. phil.)
Erundungen im Nirgendwo, 2003: (Franz Rottensteiner) page facing title page (Franz Rottensteiner; born Jan. 18, 1942 in Waidmannsfeld, Lower Austria, Austria)
Wikipedia, viewed Oct. 20, 2016 (Franz Rottensteiner (born in Waidmannsfeld, Lower Austria, Austria on 18 January 1942) is an Austrian publisher and critic in the fields of science fiction and the fantastic. Rottensteiner studied journalism, English and history at the University of Vienna, receiving his doctorate in 1969. He served about fifteen years as librarian and editor at the Osterreichisches Institut fur Bauforschung in Vienna. In addition, he produced a number of translations into German of leading SF authors, including Herbert W. Franke, Stanislaw Lem, Philip K. Dick, Kobo Abe, Cordwainer Smith, Brian W. Aldiss and the Strugatski brothers)
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