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      • (1921-2006) one of the greatest contemporary writers—„a virtuoso storyteller” according to the „New York Times”, whose books „convey the sense of a mind hovering above the boundaries of the human condition.” While most of his works bear the broad „science fiction” label he was a master of a number of genres and styles from satire to philosophy.
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  2. 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.

  3. Stanislaw Lem: the official site. Stanisław Lem. (1921-2006) one of the greatest contemporary writers—„a virtuoso storyteller” according to the „New York Times”, whose books „convey the sense of a mind hovering above the boundaries of the human condition.”

  4. Aug 11, 2021 · Throughout a career spanning six decades that produced more translated works than any other Polish writer, he adopted the viewpoints of aliens, robots, a conscious supercomputer and a sentient...

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  5. Sep 28, 2021 · By Stanislaw Lem Translated by Peter Butko 348 pp. The MIT Press. $39.95. Follow New York Times Books on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, sign up for our newsletter or our literary calendar.

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  6. Jan 6, 2019 · Culture Desk. The Beautiful Mind-Bending of Stanislaw Lem. By Paul Grimstad. January 6, 2019. In Stanisław Lems writing, perverse invention and rational coherence lock into each other at...

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  7. Mar 27, 2006 · Stanisław Herman Lem was a Polish writer of science fiction and essays on various subjects, including philosophy, futurology and literary criticism. In 1976 ,Theodore Sturgeon wrote that Lem was the most widely read science fiction writer in the world. Lem is the author of the fundamental philosophical work Summa Technologiae, in which he ...

  8. callendarium. f Share. 1921. Stanislaw Lem was born in Lwow, Poland (presently Lviv, Ukraine) to a family of a wealthy laryngologist. 1932. starts education at the II K. Szajnocha State Grammar School in Lwow. 1939. obtains secondary school certificate. 1940-41.

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