title: 1936 in science fiction
text: # 1936 in science fiction
  
  The year 1936 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events.
  
  ## Births and deaths
  
  ### Births
  
  * April 19 : Tom Purdom, American writer
  * June 11 : (in French) Bernard Dufossé, French illustrator (died 2016)
  * November 18 : Suzette Haden Elgin : American writer (died 2015)
  * November 19 : Wolfgang Jeschke, German writer (died 2015)
  
  ## Events
  
  * First publication of the British magazine Novae Terrae ; the magazine will be named New Worlds in 1939.
  
  ## Literary releases
  
  ### Novels
  
  * The Cometeers, by Jack Williamson (monthly publication in Astounding).
  
  ### Short stories
  
  * (in French) Les Mains et la machine (Stenographer's Hands, 1928), translate by Régis Messac.
  * (in French) La Nourrice automatique (The Psychophonic Nurse, 1928), translate by Régis Messac.
  * (in French) Les Mains et la machine (The Ivy War, 1930), translate by Régis Messac.
  
  ## Movies
  
  * Flash Gordon, by Frederick Stephani and Ray Taylor.
  * Things to Come, by William Cameron Menzies.
  * Kosmicheskiy reys (Cosmic Voyage), by Vassili Jouravlev.
  
  ## Awards
  
  The main science-fiction Awards known at the present time did not exist at this time.
  
  