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Olša, Jaroslav, Jr

(1964-    ) Czech and Czechoslovak diplomat whose posts include those of Ambassador to Zimbabwe (2000-2006), South Korea (2008-2014) and the Philippines (2014-2018); Consul General in Los Angeles (2020-current); author of books on history, art and literature of Asia and Africa; also sf editor, translator and bibliographer. Olša started the major Czechoslovak fanzine Ikarie XB (1986-1989), which turned into the first Czechoslovak and Czech sf monthly magazine Ikarie (published 1990-2010, now published as XB-1) of which he was for a time assistant editor. His most important role in sf studies has been as co-editor of the Czech Encyklopedie literatury science fiction ["Encyclopedia of Science Fiction Literature"] (1995) with Ondřej Neff (1945-    ). He has edited about a dozen sf Anthologies, among them the first anthologies of Czech sf in English (published in India), Ndebele, Korean and Japanese. He has contributed to Czech, Polish, German and other sf publications, also to Locus and Foundation: The Review of Science Fiction; has compiled bibliographies of Czech and Slovak fanzines; and has written entries for this encyclopedia. [JO]

Jaroslav Olša Jr

born Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]: 4 August 1964

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Entry from The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction edited by John Clute, David Langford, Peter Nicholls and Graham Sleight.
Accessed 04:22 am on 25 April 2024.
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