Darko Suvin was born in Zagreb, which at the time was in Kingdom of Yugoslavia, now the capital of Croatia.
15 Facts About Darko Suvin
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Darko Suvin is best known for several major works of criticism and literary history devoted to science fiction.
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Darko Suvin was editor of Science-Fiction Studies from 1973 to 1980.
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Darko Suvin is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.
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Darko Suvin is a member of the Croatian Writers Society.
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In 2016, Suvin published a series of memoirs in the Croatian cultural journal Gordogan on his youth as a member of the Young Communist League of Yugoslavia during the Nazi occupation of Croatia and Yugoslavia and the first years of Josip Tito's Yugoslavia.
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Darko Suvin was born in Zagreb, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, on July 19,1930, to a Croatian Jewish family of Miroslav and Truda Slesinger.
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When Darko Suvin was a young child, there was great political strife in Yugoslavia.
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Darko Suvin continued to earn a living by translating a wide variety of science fiction books into his native language, including The Seedling Stars and Day of the Triffids.
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In Yugoslavia during the early 1960s, Darko Suvin published his first book, a historical introduction to, or general overview of, science fiction as a whole.
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In 1967, Darko Suvin emigrated to North America to teach in universities.
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At this point, Darko Suvin's expertise was extremely desirable, and there were many educational institutions that were looking to hire him.
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Darko Suvin was hired as a science fiction professor at McGill University in Montreal in 1968.
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In 1999, Darko Suvin retired and moved to Italy, where he lives to this day.
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Darko Suvin has labeled this idea of subversive thinking as cognitive estrangement.