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Stanisław Lem

  • Stanisław Herman Lem
  • Stanislaw Lem
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Lem, Stanisław
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Date of birth
1921-09-12
Place of birth
Lviv
Date of death
2006-03-27
Place of death
Kraków

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Stanisław Herman Lem (Polish: [staˈɲiswaf ˈlɛm] ; 12 September 1921 – 27 March 2006) was a Polish writer of science fiction and essays on various subjects, including philosophy, futurology, and literary criticism. Many of his science fiction stories are of satirical and humorous character. Lem's books have been translated into more than 50 languages and have sold more than 45 million copies. Worldwide, he is best known as the author of the 1961 novel Solaris. In 1976 Theodore Sturgeon wrote that Lem was the most widely read science fiction writer in the world.

Lem was the author of the fundamental philosophical work Summa Technologiae, in which he anticipated the creation of virtual reality, artificial intelligence, and also developed the ideas of human autoevolution, the creation of artificial worlds, and many others. Lem's science fiction works explore philosophical themes through speculations on technology, the nature of intelligence, the impossibility of communication with and understanding of alien intelligence, despair about human limitations, and humanity's place in the universe. His essays and philosophical books cover these and many other topics. Translating his works is difficult due to Lem's elaborate neologisms and idiomatic wordplay.

The Sejm (the lower house of the Polish Parliament) declared 2021 Stanisław Lem Year.

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Polish writer of science fiction, philosophy, and satire, and a trained physician.

Series:
• Czas nieutracony
• Ijon Tichy
• Pilot Pirx
• Bajki robotów, which also consists of the sub-series:
- Cyberiada

Last modified: 2020-08-13 (revision #21060)

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Goodreads Author ID
10991
LibraryThing Author
lemstanislaw
MusicBrainz Artist ID
7302fd79-fb9a-452e-b404-220fa94e6196
OpenLibrary Author ID
OL29655A
VIAF
56612733
Wikidata ID
Q6530

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