| 词条 | Arthur Tofte |
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| image = File:Arthur Tofte c.1939.jpg |name=Arthur R. Tofte |birth_date = June 8, 1902 |death_date = May 21, 1980 |nationality=American |occupation=Novelist, advertising |genre=Science Fiction }}Arthur R Tofte (June 8, 1902 – May 21, 1980) was an American author, best known for his science fiction and fantasy.[1] He has an award named after him,[2] which is given to the category of children's literature by the Council for Wisconsin Writers. He was married to Dorothy Tofte and had two children.[3] Born in Chicago, Illinois, Tofte graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1925 and began a career in advertising, including a stint as advertising manager of the Tom Thumb Miniature Golf business.[3] His earliest writing included stories published in Esquire and in other general interest magazines.[4] After joining the Fictioneers, a Milwaukee writers group which also included Stanley G. Weinbaum,[4] he published five science fiction stories between 1938 and 1940, beginning with "The Meteor Monsters" in Amazing Stories.[1][5] He described Weinbaum as a "close friend" who sparked his interest in science fiction.[3] In 1938, Tofte became a copy chief in the Industrial Group Advertising Department of Allis-Chalmers.[6] He remained with the company until his 1969 retirement, becoming manager of the Publications and Industrial Press Department in 1958. Tofte was also active in industry groups, and had been a vice president of the National Industrial Advertising Association as well as president of the Milwaukee Industrial Advertising Club.[6] After his retirement, Tofte returned to writing. He sold a string of short sf stories to Roger Elwood, followed by two novels to Elwood's Laser Books line.[1][5] The novels reportedly sold about 75,000 copies each.[6] He published three more science fictional novels as well as a historical novel, and sold short stories to magazines including Family Circle and Boys' Life.[1][6] Tofte died of cancer in 1980 at his Wisconsin home. A "family novel about raising a hyperactive child", Thursday's Child appeared posthumously, as did translations of hist first two sf novels into Italian.[6][7] Science fictionNovels
Short stories
Short stories in Swedish
References1. ^1 2 3 ISFDB bibliography 2. ^Council for Wisconsin Writers Contest Categories {{webarchive|url=https://archive.is/20040208152344/http://www.wisconsinwriters.org/categories.htm |date=2004-02-08 }} 3. ^1 "Introducing the Author", Fantastic Adventures, May 1939, p.84 4. ^1 "Meet the Authors," Amazing Stories, August 1938, p.145 5. ^1 SF Encyclopedia 6. ^1 2 3 4 5 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1499&dat=19800523&id=PyAqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qysEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6908,1852142&hl=en "For state writer, it was happy ending"], The Milwaukee Journal, May 23, 1980 7. ^Fantastic Fiction listing Further reading
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