Karel Thole (1914–2000)

Author of Gli incappucciati d'ombra

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Works by Karel Thole

Le città della mente - Tempere di Karel Thole per "I romanzi di Urania" 2 copies, 1 review
La fuga di Logan 2 copies
Gli incappucciati d'ombra 2 copies
Erik of het klein Insectenboek 2 copies
Fahrenheit 451 - Gli anni della Fenice 2 copies
Pericolo da Vega 1 copy
Il bambino nel forno 1 copy
La spedizione della V Flotta 1 copy
Com'era lassù e altri racconti 1 copy
Il lupo dei cieli 1 copy
Guida Galattica per gli Autostoppisti (Hitchhiker's Guide, #1) 1 copy
Karel Thole (Scenari) (Italian Edition) 1 copy
La stella della vita 1 copy
Droom mij dood 1 copy

Agonia della Terra 1 copy

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Cover artist, some editions) 29,355 copies, 546 reviews
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (Cover artist, some editions) 14,489 copies, 139 reviews
And Then There Were None (Illustrator, some editions) 13,366 copies, 344 reviews
Life, the Universe and Everything (Cover artist, some editions) 12,345 copies, 101 reviews
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Cover artist, some editions) 11,687 copies, 166 reviews
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish (Cover artist, some editions) 11,394 copies, 89 reviews
Flowers for Algernon (Cover artist, some editions) 10,979 copies, 280 reviews
The Left Hand of Darkness (Cover artist, some editions) 10,699 copies, 257 reviews
Foundation and Empire (Cover artist, some editions) 9,699 copies, 104 reviews
Second Foundation (Cover artist, some editions) 9,048 copies, 89 reviews
Foundation's Edge (Cover artist, some editions) 7,512 copies, 59 reviews
The Red and the Black (Cover artist, some editions) 6,970 copies, 92 reviews
The Murder at the Vicarage (Cover artist, some editions) 4,171 copies, 123 reviews
The Door into Summer (Cover artist, some editions) 3,250 copies, 57 reviews

The Midwich Cuckoos (Cover artist, some editions) 2,127 copies, 58 reviews

The Drowned World (Cover artist, some editions) 1,934 copies, 39 reviews

The Wind's Twelve Quarters (Cover artist, some editions) 1,782 copies, 26 reviews

Time Out of Joint (Cover artist, some editions) 1,763 copies, 22 reviews

The Word for World is Forest (Cover artist, some editions) 1,750 copies, 54 reviews

High-Rise (Cover artist, some editions) 1,647 copies, 53 reviews

Beyond this Horizon (Cover artist, some editions) 1,570 copies, 19 reviews

The Space Merchants (Cover artist, some editions) 1,469 copies, 45 reviews

A Stainless Steel Rat Is Born (Cover designer, some editions) 1,299 copies, 11 reviews

The Compass Rose (Cover artist, some editions) 1,041 copies, 10 reviews

The Little World of Don Camillo (Illustrator, some editions) 912 copies, 23 reviews

The Man Who Folded Himself (Cover artist, some editions) 786 copies, 28 reviews

The Drought (Cover artist, some editions) 734 copies, 14 reviews

Planet of Adventure (Cover artist, some editions) 523 copies, 11 reviews

Hard to be a god (Cover artist, some editions) 510 copies, 19 reviews

A Choice of Gods (Cover artist, some editions) 505 copies, 7 reviews

Mindswap (Translator, some editions) 454 copies, 7 reviews

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Thole, Karel

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Thole, Carolus Adrianus Maria

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Thole, C. A. M.

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1914-04-20

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2000-03-26

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Bussum, North Holland, Netherlands

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Cannobio, Italien

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Mailand, Italien

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Staatliche Zeichenschule Amsterdam

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Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis ( [1994])

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Carolus Adrianus Maria Thole wurde am 20. April 1914 in Bussum (ca. 20 km von Amsterdam entfernt) in Holland als zweites von elf Kindern geboren. Die Familie Thole gehörte dem Mittelstand an, sein Vater war als Handels-vertreter tätig, seine Mutter kam aus dem deutschsprachigen Raum. Karel Thole war in der Schule nur mässiger Erfolg beschieden, aber seine künstlerische Neigung war nicht zu leugnen. Nach der Mittelschule in Hilversum, besuchte er deshalb die staatlichen Zeichenschule in Amsterdam und kam so in den Genuß eines freien Eintritts in alle städtischen Museen. Im Sommer 1953 kam Karel Thole das erstemal nach Italien und finanzierte seine Reise durch seine Zeichnungen. Zurück in Holland begann er seine Arbeit als Titelbildillustrator, und im Laufe der nächsten Jahre arbeitete er teilweise für mehr als 20 Verleger. 1958 übersiedelte er ganz nach Italien, genauer gesagt nach Mailand. Karel Thole sprach Holländisch, Deutsch, Italienisch, Französisch und Englisch und sah sich selbst nicht mehr als Holländer, sondern als Europäer.

Karel Tholes Werke sind eindeutig vom Werk der Surrealismus geprägt, und unter seinen Vorbilder waren Max Ernst, Salvador Dali und Rene Magritte. Über viele Jahre hinweg prägten seine Titelbilder das Gesicht der SF in Europa und vor allem in Deutschland. Er wurde 1973 in Toronto beim damaligen WorldCon mit einem Spezialpreis ausgezeichnet, weitere Würdigungen folgten. Unter dem Titel "Visionen des Unwirklichen: Die phantastischen Bilder des Karel Thole" erschien 1982 eine Sammlung seiner besten Illustrationen in Deutschland. 1986 mußte Karel Thole seine Arbeit aufgrund eines Augenleidens fast komplett einstellen.

Karel Thole erhielt u.a. zweimal den Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis (wird seit 1981 im Bereich der Science Fiction im deutschsprachigen Raum vergeben): 1994 als bester Graphiker/Künstler und 1997 als Sonderpreis für sein Lebenswerk.

In der Nacht zum 26. März 2000 verstarb Karel Thole im Alter von 85 Jahren in seinem Haus in Cannobio am Lago Maggiore (Italien). Karel Thole war als SF-Illustrator weltweit bekannt, seine Werke zierten aber vor allem die SF&F-Ausgaben des Heyne-Verlags, Gruselheftromane (VHR + DämonenKiller) des Pabel-Verlages und von Mondadori in Italien.
(Quellen: Text: 18. April 2000 - Autor: Florian Breitsameter bei SF-Fan.de, Locus, Heyne SF-Magazin 1, Encyclopedia of Science Fiction)

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