Kir Bulychev

Kir Bulychev
Bulychev in 1997
Bulychev in 1997
BornIgor Vsevolodovich Mozheiko
18 October 1934
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died5 September 2003
Moscow, Russian Federation
Pen nameKir Bulychev
Occupationoriental studies
LanguageRussian
NationalityRussian
Citizenship Soviet Union Russia
Alma materMaurice Thorez Moscow State Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages
GenreScience fiction
Notable worksAlisa Selezneva series
Guslar series
Notable awardsAelita Prize 1997

Kir Bulychev (Russian: Кир Булычёв, romanizedKir Bulychyov; 18 October 1934 – 5 September 2003) was a pen name of Igor Vsevolodovich Mozheiko (И́горь Все́володович Може́йко), a Soviet Russian science fiction writer, critic, translator and historian. His magnum opus is a children's science fiction series Alisa Selezneva, although most of his books are adult-oriented. His books were adapted for film, TV, and animation over 20 times – more than any other Russian science fiction author – and Bulychev himself wrote scripts for early adaptations.