Known For
Writing
Born
Sep 12, 1921
Died
Mar 27, 2006
Place of Birth
Lwów, lwowskie, Polska (obecnie Ukraina)
Credits
46 titles
Stanisław Lem
Biography
Stanisław Lem (September 12, 1921 – March 27, 2006) 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
Filmography
Cosmogonic
Short Story
Room
Short Story
Solaris
Novel
His Master's Voice
Novel
Una investigación interrumpida de R
Novel
Stanisław Lem: Autor Solaris
Self - Writer (archive footage)
The Advisors of King Hydrops
Short Story
The Abramović Method Practiced by Lady Gaga & Marathon Reading of Stanislaw Lem's "Solaris"
Original Story
The Congress
Novel
Golem
Writer
Maska
Short Story
1
Author
Return
Novel
Ijon Tichy: Raumpilot
Writer
Solaris
Writer
Revisiting Solaris
Writer
Poles Poles
Solaris
Novel
Bartoszewski
Stanislaw Lem: Science and Fiction
Self
Return from the Stars
Writer
Layer Cake
Author
From the Diaries of Ijon Tichy: A Voyage to Interopia
Short Story
Pilot Pirx's Inquest
Novel
Professor Tarantoga und sein seltsamer Gast
Novel
Hospital of the Transfiguration
Novel
The Faithful Robot
Book
Trurl's Machine
Short Story
The Investigation
Novel
Lemmi and the Bookworms
Story
Adventures of Captain Pirx
Novel
Solaris
Novel
Test
Author
Profesor Zazul
Short Story
Roly Poly
Screenplay
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Writer
Faithful Robot
Theatre Play
The Friend
Short Story
Ikarie XB 1
Novel
Existuje vlastně Mr. Johns?
Short Story
Trap
Writer
Space Travel
Writer
The Silent Star
Novel
Moment
Himself
The Inquest of Pilot Pirx
Novel
Commander Pirx
Novel