Умер поэт-фантаст Дэвид Копаска-Меркель, лауреат премии Rhysling и президент SFPA

SF/fantasy poet David Kopaska-Merkel died August 26 at the age of 69. He was named the Science Fiction Poetry Association’s Grand Master of 2017, and SFPA presented him with the President’s Lifetime Service Award to in 2025. He served as the organization’s president from 2011-2014. Geology was his career but his passion was poetry. He published the poetry magazine Dreams & Nightmares since its founding in 1986. SFPA’s Star*Line was under David’s editorship from 1996-2002. More recently, in 2020, he took on SFPA’s Eye to the Telescope and assembled the Hard Science-Fiction themed issue. Kopaska-Merkel’s poetry placed near the top of SFPA’s Rhysling Awards several times. “The Tin Men,” written in collaboration with Kendall Evans, won in the Long category of the Rhysling Awards in 2006. His poems “Medusa’s Tale” and “Rattlebox III” took second place in the same category of the Rhyslings in 2003 and 2010, respectively, and his poems “Clark the Ripper” and “Tsunami Child” placed second in the Short category of the Rhyslings in 2000 and 2006. Another piece by Kopaska-Merkel took third place in the Short category of the Rhyslings in 2003. Kopaska-Merkel’s The Edible Zoo took second place in the Chapbook category of SFPA’s Elgin Awards in 2014. The following year, his book SETI Hits Paydirt took second place in the same category of the Elgins. Kopaska-Merkel’s “If She Knew She Was a Ghost” took second place in SFPA’s 2018 Dwarf Stars Awards. He is survived by his wife Sheila, and daughters Morgan and Lillian.. Discover more from File 770 Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.