author
Otto Witt
1875–1923
A Swedish pioneer of early science fiction, he mixed engineering know-how with bold imagination in stories about technology, discovery, and the future. He is also remembered for publishing Hugin, an unusually early magazine devoted to science, speculation, and fiction.
2 Audiobooks
Den Underbara Spegeln
by Otto Witt
Jordens Inre
by Otto Witt
About the author
Born in Falun in 1875, Otto Witt was a Swedish writer and engineer who became one of the notable early voices in Swedish science fiction. His work often drew on science and technology, which gave his adventures and speculative tales a lively, idea-driven feel.
Witt is especially associated with Hugin, a magazine he published that blended popular science with imaginative fiction. That combination made him an important figure in the early history of Scandinavian speculative writing, at a time when science fiction was still taking shape as a recognizable genre.
Library records also note that he wrote under the pseudonym Sam King. He died in Stockholm in 1923, but his stories still stand out as part of the adventurous, experimental beginnings of modern science fiction in Sweden.