Kurd Lasswitz
Laßwitz, Carl Theodor Victor Kurd
April 20, 1848 – October 17, 1910 (aged 62)
Birth place: Breslau, Province of Silesia, Kingdom of Prussia
Browse magazine works (first published 1869)
The <a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/awardtype.cgi?64">Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis</a> is possibly the best-known science fiction award from Germany. The award is named after the science fiction author Kurd Laßwitz.