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Jan Kotouč, (born 1987) is a Czech military science fiction and space opera author. He is the author of several science fiction books and creator of Hirano Sector universe.
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- Fingerboard montage jan kotou stanislav yovzhiy
- Early life
- Writing career
- Published works
- Hirano Sector series
- Agent John Francis Kov series
- Other works
- References
Early life
Jan graduated from University of New York in Prague/La Salle University in 2013, with a master's degree in Mass Media and Communication.
Writing career
Jan Kotouč began writing short fan fiction stories taking place in the Star Wars universe, which he published on a Czech fan fiction website Jediland. He eventually began to write stories from his own created universe, Hirano Sector, a place on the verge of large scale inter-planetary conflict. 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 and in 2010 as a novel.
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, Jan received an Encouragement Award from the European Science Fiction Society.
Published works
Source: Legie
Hirano Sector series
Agent John Francis Kovář series
This series was created by Miroslav Žamboch and Jiří Walker Procházka with books written also by other Czech authors.