Alain Le Bussy (1947 – 14 October 2010[1][2]) was a prolific Belgian author of science fiction who won the Prix Rosny-Aîné in 1993 for his novel Deltas.[3] He died on 14 October 2010 from complications following throat surgery.

His writing career started in 1961 publishing an article on gender in the journal 'Conjunct', it was not until 1968 when he wrote first novel.[4] He wrote more than thirty novels with several of these in the series "Aqualia" and "Yorg."[5] He was also an active member of science fiction fandom, the creator of the fanzine Xuensè (an anagram of Esneux, the first magazine he worked for) and an organizer of science fiction conventions. In 1995, he was inducted into the European Science Fiction Society Hall of Fame.[6]

Bibliography

Published with Black River between 1992 and 1999

Awards

Preceded byBoris Shtern ESFS award for Best Author 1995 Succeeded byAndrzej Sapkowski

References

  1. ^ Silver, Steven H (2010-10-15). "Obituary: Alain Le Bussy". SF Site News. sfsite.com. Archived from the original on 18 October 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-15.
  2. ^ "Décès d'Alain le Bussy". SF Site News. elbakin.net. 2010-10-15. Archived from the original on 18 October 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-15.
  3. ^ "Rosny aîné". Prix littéraires S.-F. Quarante-Deux. 2007. Archived from the original on 2011-05-20. Retrieved 2010-10-15.
  4. ^ "Home". griffedencre.fr.
  5. ^ Trolls-et-Legendes Archived 2007-08-31 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "The ESFS Awards". European SF Society. Archived from the original on 2012-07-15. Retrieved 2010-10-15.


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