Stanisław Lem

Personal Info

Known For Writer

Gender Male

Birthday 1921-09-12

Deathday 2006-03-27 (84 years old)

Place of Birth Lwów, lwowskie, Polska (obecnie Ukraina)

Stanisław Lem

Biography

Stanisław Lem was a Polish writer of science fiction, philosophy and satire. He was named a Knight of the Order of the White Eagle. His books have been translated into 41 languages and have sold over 27 million copies. He is perhaps best known as the author of the 1961 novel Solaris, which has been made into a feature film three times. In 1976, Theodore Sturgeon claimed that Lem was the most widely read science-fiction writer in the world. His works explore philosophical themes; speculation on technology, the nature of intelligence, the impossibility of mutual communication and understanding, despair about human limitations and humankind'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. Multiple translated versions of his works exist.

Known For

Writer

2023
Cosmogonic

as Story

2018
2013
The Congress

as Novel

2012
Golem

as Writer

2010
Maska

as Writer

2009
1

as Author

2008
Return

as Writer

2007
Solaris

as Writer

2007
2007
2002
Solaris

as Novel

1989
Layer Cake

as Screenplay

1989
Layer Cake

as Author

1989
1977
1977
1975
1974
1972
Solaris

as Novel

1968
Solaris

as Novel

1968
Profesor Zazul

as Short Story

1968
Roly Poly

as Screenplay

1965
The Friend

as Short Story

1963
1963
Ikarie XB 1

as Novel

1962
Trap

as Writer

1961
Space Travel

as Writer

Actor

Moment

as Himself

2016
Stanisław Lem: Autor Solaris

as Self - Writer (archive footage)