Herbert W. Franke

(May 14, 1927 -- July 16, 2022)

An Austrian scientist and SF writer who was the GoH at the Heicon '70, the 1970 Worldcon. He devised computer graphics in the late 1950s.

• Entry in The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction

Awards, Honors and GoHships:

• 1970 -- Heicon '70
• 1982 -- SfanCon 13
• 1985 -- Kurd Lasswitz Prize
• 1994 -- Eurocon 1994
• 2016 -- named "European Grand Master of Science Fiction" by Eurocon

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1927—2022

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