# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hugo-gernsback
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:47:15.267Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/hugo-gernsback"
name: "Hugo Gernsback"
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description: "Hugo Gernsback was a Luxembourgish American editor and magazine publisher whose publications included the first science fiction magazine, Amazing Stories. For his significant contributions to the science fiction genre as publisher, he is often referred to as \"The Father of Science Fiction\", along with the novelists Jules Verne and H. G. Wells. In his honor, annual awards presented at the World Science Fiction Convention are named the \"Hugos\"."
tagline: "American inventor, writer, editor and publisher (1884–1967)"
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birthDate: "1884-08-16"
deathDate: "1967-08-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump