name: Hugo Gernsback
birth_date: 1884-08-16 00:00:00
death_date: 1967-08-19 00:00:00
genres: Science Fiction
avg_rating: 3.18
ratings_count: 540
about: Hugo Gernsback (August 16, 1884 – August 19, 1967), born Hugo Gernsbacher, was a Luxembourgian-American inventor, writer, editor, and magazine publisher, best remembered for publications that included the first science fiction magazine. His contributions to the genre as publisher were so significant that, along with H. G. Wells and Jules Verne, he is sometimes popularly called "The Father of Science Fiction".In his honor, the annual Science Fiction Achievement awards are named the "Hugos". Hugo Gernsback (August 16, 1884 – August 19, 1967), born Hugo Gernsbacher, was a Luxembourgian-American inventor, writer, editor, and magazine publisher, best remembered for publications that included the first science fiction magazine. His contributions to the genre as publisher were so significant that, along with H. G. Wells and Jules Verne, he is sometimes popularly called "The Father of Science Fiction".In his honor, the annual Science Fiction Achievement awards are named the "Hugos". ...more