Herbert W. Franke

(May 14, 1927 – July 16, 2022)

Herbert W. Franke was an Austrian-born scientist and SF writer living in Germany. He devised computer graphics since the late 1950s, was also interested in speleology (some of his early books on it were even published in Britain), and attracted some media attention when he got on Twitter before his 95th, and sadly last, birthday. (He was surely among Oldest Living SF Writers.) He was the European GoH at Heicon '70, the 1970 Worldcon.

• Entry in The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction.
• Obituary.

Awards, Honors and GoHships:

• 1970 -- Heicon '70
• 1982 -- SfanCon 13
• 1985, 1986, 2007 – Kurd Lasswitz Prize for the best novel of the year
• 1994 -- Eurocon 1994
• 2016 – named "European Grand Master of Science Fiction" by European Science Fiction Society (European SF Awards)

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1927—2022

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