Born: 12-Sep-1921
Birthplace: Lvov, Poland
Died: 27-Mar-2006
Location of death: Krakow, Poland
Cause of death: Heart Failure
Remains: Buried, Salwator Cemetery, Krakow, Poland

Gender: Male
Religion: Atheist
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Author

Nationality: Poland
Executive summary: Solaris

Father: (laryngologist, d. 1954)
Wife: Dr. Barbara Lesniak (m. 1953)
Son: Tomasz (b. 1968)

    University: Lwow University, Lwow, Poland (1940)
    University: Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland (1946)

Official Website:
http://www.lem.pl/

Author of books:
Czlowiek z Marsa (1946, novel, The Man from Mars)
Szpital przemienienia (1948, novel, Hospital of the Transfiguration)
Astronauci (1951, novel, Astronauts. Released as a film in 1960.)
Oblok Magellana (1955, novel, The Magellanic Cloud)
Sezam (1955, stories)
Dzienniki gwiazdowe (1957, stories, Star Diaries)
Dialogi (1957, philosophy, Dialogs)
Inwazja z Aldebarana (1959, stories, The Invasion from Aldebaran)
Śledztwo (1959, novel, The Investigation)
Eden (1959, novel)
Ksiega robotów (1961, anthology, Mortal Engines)
Powrót z gwiazd (1961, novel, Return from the Stars)
Solaris (1961, novel)
Pamiętnik znaleziony w wannie (1961, novel, Memoirs Found in a Bathtub)
Wejście na orbitę (1962, philosophy)
Niezwyciężony (1964, novel, The Invincible)
Cyberiada (1967, stories, The Cyberiad)
Glos pana (1968, novel, His Master's Voice)
Filozofia Przypadku (1968, philosophy)
Fantastyka i futurologia (1970, criticism, Fantasy and Futurology (2 vols.)
Doskonala próżnia (1971, reviews, A Perfect Vacuum)
Opowieści o pilocie Pirxie (1973, stories, Tales of Pirx the Pilot (2 vols.)
Wielkość urojona (1973, prefaces, Imaginary Magnitude)
Rozprawy i szkice (1974, essays)
Katar (1975, novel, The Chain of Chance)
Wysoki zamek (1975, autobiography, HighcastlePQXLM A Remembrance)
Golem XIV (1981, novel)
Wizja lokalna (1982, novel)
Microworlds (1986, essays)
Fiasko (1986, novel, Fiasco)
Biblioteka XXI wieku (1986, anthology, Library of 21st Century)
Pokój na Ziemi (1987, novel, Peace on Earth)
Zagadka (1996, novel)
Bomba megabitowa (1999, essays)
Świat na krawędzi (2000, novel, The World at the Edge)
Okamgnienie (2000, essays)
Mój pogląd na literaturę (2003, literary memoirs)
Moloch (2003, novel)
Krótkie zwarcia (2004, novel)
Lata czterdzieste (2005, literary memoirs)

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