Viktor Kolupaev, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Viktor Kolupaev

Russian/Soviet soft science fiction writer

Date of Birth: 19-Sep-1936

Place of Birth: Aldan, Sakha Republic, Russia

Date of Death: 04-Jun-2001

Profession: writer, science fiction writer

Nationality: Russia

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Viktor Dmitrievic Kolupaev (September 19, 1936 – June 4, 2001) was a Russian scientist and soft science fiction author who won the Aelita Prize in 1986 and 1988.
Kolupaev was born in Nezametny, Yakutia, attended school in Krasnoyarsk and moved in 1954 to Tomsk where he attended the Tomsk Polytechnic Institute and became a member of the Siberian Physical-Technical Institute of the Tomsk State University, where he worked in mathematics and bionics.
He started writing fiction in 1970.