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.
Personal Details
Movies (38)
Cosmogonic
Short Story (Writing)
2023
Room
Short Story (Writing)
2021
His Master's Voice
Novel (Writing)
2018
Una investigación interrumpida de R
Novel (Writing)
2017
Stanisław Lem: Autor Solaris
as Self - Writer (archive footage)
2016
The Advisors of King Hydrops
Short Story (Writing)
2016
The Abramović Method Practiced by Lady Gaga & Marathon Reading of Stanislaw Lem's "Solaris"
Original Story (Writing)
2013
The Congress
Novel (Writing)
2013
Golem
Writer (Writing)
2012
Maska
Short Story (Writing)
2010
1
Author (Writing)
2009
Return
Novel (Writing)
2008
Solaris
Writer (Writing)
2007
Revisiting Solaris
Writer (Writing)
2007
Poles Poles
2003
Solaris
Novel (Writing)
2002
Bartoszewski
1998
Stanislaw Lem: Science and Fiction
as Self
1990
Layer Cake
Screenplay (Writing)
1989
From the Diaries of Ijon Tichy: A Voyage to Interopia
Short Story (Writing)
1985
Pilot Pirx's Inquest
Novel (Writing)
1979
Professor Tarantoga und sein seltsamer Gast
Novel (Writing)
1979
Hospital of the Transfiguration
Novel (Writing)
1979
The Faithful Robot
Book (Writing)
1977
Trurl's Machine
Story (Writing)
1975
The Investigation
Novel (Writing)
1974
Solaris
Novel (Writing)
1972
Test
Author (Writing)
1968
Solaris
Novel (Writing)
1968
Profesor Zazul
Short Story (Writing)
1968
Roly Poly
Screenplay (Writing)
1968
Faithful Robot
Theatre Play (Writing)
1965
The Friend
Short Story (Writing)
1965
Ikarie XB 1
Novel (Writing)
1963
Existuje vlastně Mr. Johns?
Short Story (Writing)
1963
Trap
Writer (Writing)
1962
Space Travel
Writer (Writing)
1961
The Silent Star
Novel (Writing)
1960
