Stanisław Lem

The year and the place of birth

He was born on the 12th of September 1921 in Lviv, a Polish writer of science, fiction, philosophy and satire. He was named a Knight of the Order of the White Eagle.

First published in English in 1974.

Honors and accolades

1965 – Prize of the Minister of Culture and Art, 2nd Level 1972 – member of commission "Poland 2000" of the Polish Academy of Science 1973 - Prize of the Minister of Foreign Affairs for popularization of Polish culture abroad 1973 - Literary Prize of the Minister of Culture and Art and honorary member of Science Fiction Writers of

America 1976 – State Prize 1st Level in the area of literature 1979 – Grand Prix de Litterature Policiere for his novel Katar. A minor planet, 3836 Lem, discovered by Soviet astronomer Nikolaj Stepanovich Chernykh in 1979, is named after

him. 1986 – Austrian State Prize for European Literature 1991 – Austrian literary Franz Kafka Prize 1994 – member of the Polish Academy of Learning 2007 - A street in Krakow is to be named in his honour

Books

The Man from Mars (1946) The Cyberiad (1965) Solaris (1960) The Astronauts (1951) Fiasco (1987)

Sources http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanis%C5%82aw_Lem

Autors:

Dominika Narczyk, Weronika Rębkowska

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