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)
Œledztwo (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)
Pamiêtnik znaleziony w wannie (1961, novel, Memoirs Found in a Bathtub)
Wejœcie na orbitê (1962, philosophy)
Niezwyciê¿ony (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 pró¿nia (1971, reviews, A Perfect Vacuum)
Opowieœci o pilocie Pirxie (1973, stories, Tales of Pirx the Pilot (2 vols.)
WielkoϾ 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)
Œwiat na krawêdzi (2000, novel, The World at the Edge)
Okamgnienie (2000, essays)
Mój pogl¹d na literaturê (2003, literary memoirs)
Moloch (2003, novel)
Krótkie zwarcia (2004, novel)
Lata czterdzieste (2005, literary memoirs)

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