Awards & Winners

Stanis?aw Lem

Date of Birth 12-September-1921
Place of Birth Lviv
(Lviv Oblast, Ukraine)
Nationality Poland
Also know as Stanislaw Lem, Lem, Stanisław, Stanislaw Lem, Stanislaw Lem
Profession Author, Futurist, Novelist, Writer, Screenwriter, Essayist, Poet
Stanisław Lem was a Polish writer of science fiction, philosophy and satire. His books have been translated into 41 languages and have sold over 27 million copies. He is known as the author of the 1961 novel Solaris, which has been made into a feature film three times. In 1976 Theodore Sturgeon said that Lem was the most widely read science fiction writer in the world. In 1996, Lem was the recipient of the prestigious Polish national award, the Order of the White Eagle. His works explore philosophical themes; speculation on technology, the nature of intelligence, the impossibility of mutual communication and understanding, despair about human limitations and humanity'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.

Awards by Stanis?aw Lem

Check all the awards nominated and won by Stanis?aw Lem.

2005


Nominations 2005 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Man Booker International Prize

1990


Nominations 1990 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel Eden

1988


Nominations 1988 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Neustadt International Prize for Literature
Arthur C. Clarke Award Fiasco

1986


Austrian State Prize for European Literature

Nominations 1986 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Locus Award for Best Non-Fiction Microworlds