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European Science Fiction Society

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Abbreviation
  
ESFS

Location
  
Europe

Founded at
  
Trieste, Italy

European Science Fiction Society

Formation
  
1972 (45 years ago) (1972)

Type
  
Science fiction organisation

Purpose
  
Promote science fiction

Usage The European Science Fiction Society is an international organisation of professionals and fans who are committed to promoting science fiction in Europe and European science fiction worldwide.

The organisation was founded at the first Eurocon (European Science Fiction Convention), which was held in 1972 in Trieste, Italy. Since that time, the organisation has organized Eurocons at least every two years. The organisation also administrates the European SF Awards.

The society's officers (as re-elected in 2013 in Kiev, Ukraine) are:

  • Chairman: Carolina Gómez Lagerlöf, (Sweden)
  • Secretary: Gareth Kavanagh (Ireland)
  • Treasurer: Vanja Kranjcevic (Croatia)
  • Vice Chairman: Saija Kyllönen (Finland)
  • Award Administrator: Bridget Wilkinson (United Kingdom)
  • Bridget Wilkinson served as a society officer for 25 years before standing down at the 2016 Eurocon, held in Barcelona, Spain. Before that, she ran Fans Across The World co-ordinating science-fiction fans from the former Eastern Europe with their counterparts in the West.

    References

    European Science Fiction Society Wikipedia