Stanisław Lem
Novelist, Author
1921 – 2006
Who was Stanisław Lem?
Stanisław Lem was a Polish writer of science fiction, philosophy and satire. His books have been translated into 41 languages and have sold over 27 million copies. He is known as the author of the 1961 novel Solaris, which has been made into a feature film three times. In 1976 Theodore Sturgeon said that Lem was the most widely read science fiction writer in the world. In 1996, Lem was the recipient of the prestigious Polish national award, the Order of the White Eagle.
His works explore philosophical themes; speculation on technology, the nature of intelligence, the impossibility of mutual communication and understanding, despair about human limitations and humanity's place in the universe. They are sometimes presented as fiction, but others are in the form of essays or philosophical books. Translations of his works are difficult due to passages with elaborate word formation, alien or robotic poetry, and puns.
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- Born
- Sep 12, 1921
Lviv - Also known as
- Stanislaw Lem
- Lem, Stanisław
- Parents
- Spouses
- Barbara Leśniak
(1954/02 - 2006/03/27)
- Barbara Leśniak
- Children
- Religion
- Atheism
- Ethnicity
- Poles
- Nationality
- Poland
- Profession
- Education
- II Gimnazjum of Karol Szajnocha
(1932 - 1939) - Medical University of Lvov
Medicine
(1939 - 1941) - Jagiellonian University
Medicine
(1945 - 1948) - Lviv University
- II Gimnazjum of Karol Szajnocha
- Lived in
- Lviv
(1921 - 1946) - Kraków
(1946 - 1982) - Vienna
(1982 - 1988) - Kraków
(1988 - 2006)
- Lviv
- Died
- Mar 27, 2006
Kraków - Resting place
- Salwatorian cemetery
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on July 23, 2013
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