Víctor Bruno Henríquez. Geophysicist, specialist in terrestrial magnetism , space physics, environmental physics and philosophical problems of science. Researcher and consultant on issues of energy, sustainability and development of human settlements. Researcher, writer and popularizer of science and science fiction , film critic , editor and translator. Member of the WSE (World Society of Ekistics), UNEAC , the Cuban Society of Physics and the Cubasolar board of directors.
Summary
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- 1 Biographical Synthesis
- 2 Publications
- 1 Books
- 2 Tales
- 3 Poetry
- 3 Sources
Biographical Synthesis
He was born in Holguín , July 28 , 1947 , Cuba . He graduated in geophysics in the upper course of the Cuban Academy of Sciences and later became a researcher at the Institute of Geophysics and Astronomy. In 1978 he obtained the first mention in the David contest with the storybook “Adventure in the laboratory”, a fact that led UNEAC to summon in the following years a science-fiction award as a distinctive branch within the contest, thus marking the moment of a rebirth of Cuban science fiction.
Founder and president of the literary science fiction workshop ” Oscar Hurtado “, as well as advisor to the workshop “El Negro” (also science fiction). He created the science fiction short story contest for Juventud Técnica magazine and the annual “Dragon” short story prize.
He has been the promoter and organizer of the annual science fiction events and director of the i + Real group, which publishes a self-titled electronic newsletter dedicated to the genre, for free distribution.
With his wife and granddaughter
He has published short stories, poetry and articles of scientific dissemination (some of which have been awarded) in various Cuban and Latin American magazines. His poems have been translated into Russian and Hungarian.
In 1998 he was in charge of the selection and prologue of Polvo en el viento , an anthology of Cuban science fiction published in Argentina .
Publications
books
- Adventure in the laboratory. Tales from cf. Oriente Publishing House , 1988 .
- In another space. Notebook of poetry, Municipality of Culture Plaza, 1987 .
- By the shortcut. Oriente Publishing House, 1991 .
- Myth and reality . Colihue Argentina , Ed. CT, Cuba , 1994 .
- Dust in the wind(anthologist) Colihue, Argentina, 1999 .
- Sparks, flames and stars . Comments on the fire . Technical Scientific Editorial , Havana, 2004 .
- Mars, the exploration of the fifth planet(co-authored with Eladio Medina Batlle ). Editorial Gente Nueva , Havana, 2013 .
Stories
- Alien in the crowd, anthology, Editorial Gente Nueva, 1988 .
- Several stories in the Juventud Técnica magazine between 1965 and 1997 .
- Sneeze on Wednesday. OtraCosa Magazine,? 1, Mexico , 1992 .
- Speculations. To Whom It May Concern, Mexico, 1993 .
- Craker. Axxón Magazine,? 62, Argentina , 1994 .
- The signal, the word. Axxón Magazine,? 74, Argentina.
- Legend. Axxón Magazine,? 83, Argentina, and the magazine Somos Jóvenes .
Poetry
- UFOs. Union Magazine
- Spare parts. Bohemia Magazine .
- UFOs II. I + Real Magazine? 0.
- Cosmic contact magazine. i + Real? one.
- Cuba1and Cuba2 magazine Tulán? one.
- Summer of science fictionand Sands and shadows supplement CT-21 . Juventud Rebelde Magazine.
- Genesisand Evolution Solaris . ? 0, Venezuela .
- Genesis. Literaturnaya Gazeta, June 1983 (in Russian).
- Selection of poems for the magazine Galactika, March 1987 Hungary (in Hungarian
