Kurt von Trojan
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Kurt von Trojan was an Australia
n journalist and science fiction
author. He has also been employed as a psychiatric nurse and a cinema projectionist.
He studied at the London Film School and the South Australian School of Art. (1976-1977)
Short fiction by Von Trojan appeared in magazines including Terror Australis
.
On 25 January 2006 he was diagnosed with bone and kidney cancer
and told he had only a few months to live. On being given the prognosis he is reported to have told his doctors "Oh, I was hoping to squeeze a few more weeks in." http://news.ansible.co.uk/a223.html. A final collection of short stories was published as a memorial by Altair Australia. 'When I Close My Eyes', the last published work by Kurt von Trojan was organized by Robert N Stephenson and proudly funded by the entire speculative fiction community. The book was printed and a copy presented to Kurt on his birthday. He died a few days later. Copies of this last work are available from http://www.altair-australia.com/altair. Kurt von Trojan was the son of the Last Knight of Austria. Kurt won the International Pater Award, The Ian Reed Award, The Colin Thiele Award, The Tom Howard Award and was recognized by his unique voice in the literary world.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n journalist and science fiction
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
author. He has also been employed as a psychiatric nurse and a cinema projectionist.
He studied at the London Film School and the South Australian School of Art. (1976-1977)
Short fiction by Von Trojan appeared in magazines including Terror Australis
Terror Australis
Terror Australis: the Australian Horror and Fantasy Magazine was Australia's first mass market horror magazine. It succeeded the Australian Horror and Fantasy Magazine edited by Barry Radburn and Stephen Studach and was the first magazine of its kind in Australia to pay authors...
.
On 25 January 2006 he was diagnosed with bone and kidney cancer
Kidney cancer
Kidney cancer is a type of cancer that starts in the cells in the kidney.The two most common types of kidney cancer are renal cell carcinoma and urothelial cell carcinoma of the renal pelvis...
and told he had only a few months to live. On being given the prognosis he is reported to have told his doctors "Oh, I was hoping to squeeze a few more weeks in." http://news.ansible.co.uk/a223.html. A final collection of short stories was published as a memorial by Altair Australia. 'When I Close My Eyes', the last published work by Kurt von Trojan was organized by Robert N Stephenson and proudly funded by the entire speculative fiction community. The book was printed and a copy presented to Kurt on his birthday. He died a few days later. Copies of this last work are available from http://www.altair-australia.com/altair. Kurt von Trojan was the son of the Last Knight of Austria. Kurt won the International Pater Award, The Ian Reed Award, The Colin Thiele Award, The Tom Howard Award and was recognized by his unique voice in the literary world.
Long fiction
- Transing Syndrome, 1985, Nominated for the Ditmar AwardDitmar AwardThe Ditmar Award has been awarded annually since 1969 at the Australian National Science Fiction Convention to recognise achievement in Australian science fiction and science fiction fandom...
, Best Australian Long Fiction, 1986 - Tenocha, 1995, ISBN 0-646-20915-5
- The Atrocity Shop, 1998, ISBN 0-646-35405-1
Short fiction
- The Man Who Snatched Marilyn's Body, 1994, published in Alien Shores, 1994, eds. Peter McNamara, Margaret Winch, ISBN 1-875346-09-0