Jan Kotouc
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Kotouč began writing short fan fiction stories taking place in the Star Wars universe, which he published on a Czech fan fiction website Jediland.[1] He eventually began to write stories from his own created universe, Hirano Sector, a place on the verge of large scale inter-planetary conflict.[1] In 2008 his novella from Hirano universe, Příliš blízké setkání (Eng: Too Close Encounter) won the Czech Cena Karla Čapka award in its category. It was subsequently published in Mlok anthology[2] and in 2010 as a novel.[3] His first published novel was Pokračování diplomacie (2009; Eng: Continuation of Diplomacy). In 2012, his two-volume novel, Tristanská občanská válka (Eng: Tristan Civil War) was voted Book of the Year at the Aeronautilus Awards. The same year, Kotouč received an Encouragement Award from the European Science Fiction Society.[2] Credit Wikipedia.
