Stanisław Lem

Novelist, Author

1921 – 2006

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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
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
Lived in
  • Lviv
    (1921 - 1946)
  • Kraków
    (1946 - 1982)
  • Vienna
    (1982 - 1988)
  • Kraków
    (1988 - 2006)
Died
Mar 27, 2006
Kraków
Resting place
Salwatorian cemetery

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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