At the age of six, he moved with his parents from Brazil to Germany. In 1951, he started working as a reporter for the GDR's Allgemeiner Deutscher Nachrichtendienst. It was during his days as a reporter that he started writing literature. In 1965, he became a full-time writer. In addition to writing novels, he penned science-fiction short stories and radio dramas as well co-authoring the unproduced thirteen-part GDR television seriesRaumlotsen. There followed a period in which he was out of favor with the ruling powers and earned his keep through pick-up jobs and writing under pseudonyms. By the mid-80s, he was once again able to publish. From 1990 until he retired in 1997, he worked for the Märkische Allgemeine Zeitung in Potsdam.
AsteroidenjägerDer blaue PlanetDer Untergang der AstronauticImSchatten der TiefseeDie Umkehr der Meridian. Raumfahrterzählung aus dem Jahre 2232Das unirdische RaumschiffRekordflug im Jet-OrkanKrakentangMagma am HimmelVikondaRaumlotsen-Series