Kurt Mahr

Kurt Mahr (8 March 1934 – 27 June 1993, real name Klaus Mahn; former pseudonym Cecil O. Mailer) was a German author and one of the first authors of the series Perry-Rhodan, the largest Science fiction series of the world.

He started to study Civil engineering but changed in 1956 to physics.

[2] As examined Diplom physicist he moved to the United States, where he worked on a space travel program and acquired 1968 the American nationality.

Both before and during his literary activities for the Perry-Rodan editorial department he wrote further Science fiction novels which had no similarities in terms of content.

After the death of William Voltz and the resignation of Thomas Ziegler, Klaus Mahn wrote the memorandums from 1985 (magazine 1250) together with Ernst Vlcek.