Wendayne Ackerman
Ackerman, Mathilde Wahrman
November 4, 1912 – March 5, 1990 (aged 77)
Birth place: Frankfurt am Main, Hesse-Nassau, Prussia, German Empire
19 works in English-language magazines
| Date | Page | Type | Title | Magazine |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Editor | The Radiant Dome | The Radiant Dome | |
| 1969 | Editor | Enterprise Stardust | Enterprise Stardust | |
| 1969 | Editor | Galactic Alarm | Perry Rhodan #3: Galactic Alarm | |
| 1970 | Editor | Invasion from Space | Perry Rhodan #4: Invasion from Space | |
| May 1973 | 7 | Essay | From the Astrogator of the Peace Ship Trans-L8R | Perry Rhodan #24: Infinity Flight |
| May 1973 | 119 | Essay | Mission Stardust | Perry Rhodan #24: Infinity Flight |
| July 1973 | 116 | Essay | The 10th International Festival of Fantascience Films (Scientifm World) (PR#26) | Perry Rhodan #26: Cosmic Traitor |
| August 1973 | 105 | Essay | Guest Film Feature (part 1 of 3) | Perry Rhodan #27: Planet of the Gods |
| August 1973 | 116 | Essay | Guest Film Feature (part 2 of 3) | Perry Rhodan #28: The Plague of Oblivion |
| September 1973 | 109 | Essay | Guest Film Feature (part 3 of 3) | A World Gone Mad |
| September 1973 | 116|116.1 | Essay | Guest Film Feature (part 4 of 4) | Perry Rhodan #30: To Arkon! |
| June 1974 | 7 | Essay | Wendayne Calling Rhodania! | Shadow of the Mutant Master |
| January 1975 | 153 | Essay | The Perryscope (PR#61) | Perry Rhodan #61: Death Waits in Semispace |
| March 1975 | 7 | Essay | The Perils of Perrytonitis | Perry Rhodan #66: The Horror |
| May 1976 | 7 | Essay | Gerfans Calling Amerifans of Rhodania | Perry Rhodan 95: The Plasma Monster |
| June 1976 | 148 | Essay | German Rhofans Calling! | Perry Rhodan #96: Horn: Green |
| October 1976 | 7 | Essay | A Cry from the Ether | Perry Rhodan #105: Wonderflower of Utik |
| October 1976 | 7 | Essay | Across the Seas of Space | The Man with Two Faces |
| January 1978 | 209 | Essay | And So We End an Age | Perry Rhodan: In the Center of the Galaxy |
The wife of Forrest J. Ackerman, born Mathilde (Malka) Wahrman, Wendayne was a translator of well over a hundred books from several languages (especially German) into English. She spoke German, French, Italian, and Hebrew. She was born in Germany, and before World War II was a pre-med student at Goethe University. She was dismissed from the University because of her Jewish ancestry, and in 1933 she went to France and practiced midwifery. She later moved to London and continued in the nursing profession until she left for Israel (then Palestine) where she married and had a son. In 1948, after a divorce, she moved to Los Angeles where she became a clerk in the book department of a department store. It was there where she met her future husband. Wendayne had a degree in Biology, taught science in high school, acquired an M.A. Magnum Cum Laude in her 40s, and was then a professor of German and French for 20 years at East Los Angeles Jr College. (Information in the this Biography was extracted primarily from a remembrance of his wife written by Forrest J Ackerman and published in the tribute fanzine "Mr. Monster", 2008. This fanzine is available as a download from eFanzines.com)