Stanisław Lem
12 September 1921 – 27 March 2006
Stanisław Lem was a Polish writer of science fiction, philosophical essays and satire. Trained in medicine in Lwów and Kraków, he published his first novel, The Astronauts, in 1951 and went on to write Solaris, The Cyberiad and His Master's Voice. His books, which often examine the limits of human understanding and communication, have been translated into dozens of languages.
Lived at the same time
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Life events
His father was a laryngologist; the city is now Lviv, Ukraine.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHis studies were interrupted by the Soviet and German occupations of the city.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe survived the occupation of Lwów using forged papers concealing his Jewish ancestry.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe studied at Jagiellonian University but did not take the final examinations.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe book established him as a science-fiction writer in postwar Poland.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgA physician; the couple had one son, Tomasz.
The novel about contact with an incomprehensible alien ocean became his best-known work.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgA collection of satirical fables about two robot constructors.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe spent several years abroad during the martial-law period before returning to Kraków in 1988.
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