Four Polish writers have won the Nobel Prize in Literature. Who are they and who could be next? Since the establishment Nobel Prize in literature in 1901 four times its laureates were Polish writers. If the Nobel Prize in Literature were a competition between teams from different countries, Poland would take eighth place, behind Sweden, Italy, Russia and Spain and ahead of Ireland, Norway and Japan. If we add writers born in Poland, the list would be much larger. It would include such names as: Shmuel Josef Agnon (born in Buchach, wrote in Hebrew), Bashevis-Singer (born in Leoncin, wrote in Yiddish) and Günter Grass (born in Gdansk, wrote in German). And we will limit ourselves to those who wrote in Polish.
1905: Henryk Sienkiewicz
Contrary to popular belief, Henryk Sienkiewicz won the Nobel Prize not for his 1896 epic novel about ancient rome Quo Vadis. The reason for this error lies in the huge popularity of the novel. The jury awarded Sienkiewicz the Prize for "outstanding talent as an epic writer" and when Carl David af Wiersen, secretary of the Swedish Academy, presented him with the award, he repeatedly emphasized the importance and significance of Sienkiewicz's other work, The Flood. Set in 17th-century Poland at a time of great historical upheaval, this historical trilogy celebrated the Sarmatian tradition and nurtured Polish patriotic hopes. In his speech at the ceremony, Sienkiewicz stressed that the Nobel Prize has special meaning for the son of Poland - a country that at that moment was not even on the map. The writer said in particular: They say that Poland is dead, exhausted, deprived of will, and here is the proof of her life and triumph. I would like to exclaim, like Galileo, "E pur si muove" - now that the whole world has witnessed the recognition of the achievements of Poland and its genius.
1924: Reymont
Interestingly, in the early 1920s, one of Raymont's main "Nobel" rivals was another Polish writer, Zheromsky. Moreover, many believed that Zeromsky had a better chance of receiving the Prize, and the harsh criticism that fell on him after the release of his supposedly anti-German novel of 1922, Wind from the Sea, together with the Germanophilia of the Swedish jury, brought Reymont ahead. The winner also beat such favorites as Thomas Mann (he had to wait another 5 years for his Prize), Maxim Gorky and Thomas Hardy. Reymont received the Prize for his four-volume "great national epic", which presented one year in the life of the peasants of a small village near Lodz. The novel was written in 1901-1908, and the Swedish translation appeared only in 1921 (another famous novel Reymont's The Promised Land - for which Andrzej Wajda was nominated for an Oscar - was translated a year earlier). At the time, Reymont was undergoing treatment in Nice and was unable to arrive in Stockholm in time for the award ceremony, as his health deteriorated rapidly. The writer died the following year in Poland at the age of 58. Shortly before his death, he wrote in a letter to a friend: How ironic: Nobel Prize, money, worldwide fame- and a person for whom the need to undress becomes torture. Here it is, the quintessence of the irony of life.
1980: Cheslav Milos
Sweden, Nobel Prize ceremony, 1980. Czesław Milosz receives the Nobel Prize from the Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf. The awarding of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1980 to Czesław Miłosz was regarded as a political move. The decision of the jury to award the Prize to a Polish émigré poet (Milosz fled to the West in 1951 and lived in the United States since 1960) in the same year that the Polish trade union movement Solidarity emerged was interpreted as a gesture of Western support political change in the social camp. Political overtones are also palpable in the motivation of this decision: the prize is awarded to a poet who “with brave clairvoyance showed the defenselessness of a person in a world that is torn apart by conflicts.” At that time, Milos was known in the West, first of all, as the author of "enslaved minds." However, this point of view is unfair, since Milosz - perhaps more than any other of the Polish Nobel laureates - deserved this Prize precisely for literary creativity. In the Nobel speech, Miloš avoided political topics. Instead, he made Niels Golgerson, the protagonist of Nils' Wonderful Journey with wild geese» Selma Lagerlöf, Milos' favorite book as a child. According to Milos, this a little boy, who travels on the back of a goose and looks at the world from a great distance, and at the same time notices the smallest details, symbolizes the role of the poet. Developing this metaphor and reflecting on his favorite writers, William Blake's Simon Veilly, Miloš expressed his poetic creed: This is how the Earth seen from above in the eternal now, and the Earth in restored time, can serve as material for poetry. Sixteen years after Czesław Milosz was awarded the Nobel Prize, a Polish poetess became its laureate.
Wislava Szymborska
She received the award "for poetry that describes historical and biological phenomena with the utmost accuracy in the context of human reality." Compared to Milos, Szymborska may seem like a poet of lesser intellectual scope and ambition. Her sphere is everyday life, small joys and sorrows of an ordinary day, and all this with warm irony, has become hallmark her poetry. The poetess, known for her modesty and reluctance to go public, was at first shocked by the hype in the media in connection with the award of the Nobel Prize to her (it is said that her first reaction was: “God, why? …”). And yet she managed to survive the Nobel fuss (or, in her words, the Nobel tragedy) with her usual charm and intelligence. She began her Nobel speech with the words: “When you give a speech, the first phrase is considered the most important. So I'm behind it…” For the next fifteen years, until her death in 2012, Szymborska rarely appeared in public, leading a rather secluded life - apart from socializing with friends and those close to her - lifestyle. Who is next? For many years, Ruzhevich and Konvitsky were on the lists of applicants for the Nobel Prize. With their deaths (in 2014 and 2015), the chances of Polish literature declined. One of the favorites continues to be the Polish poet Adam Zagaevsky, and in Lately in the context of the Nobel Prize, they also started talking about Olga Tokarchuk.
The literary connection between Russia and Poland should start, perhaps, with Adam Mickiewicz. But in Russia, he is traditionally known not so much for his poems and poems, but for being friends with Pushkin. What can we say about two other great representatives of Polish romanticism - Juliusz Slovacki and Sigismund Krasinsky, who are practically unknown in our country.
But in the second half of the 19th century, Russians read the novels of one of the first Nobel laureates Henryk Sienkiewicz, as well as Boleslav Prus and Eliza Orzeszko. At the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries were very popular historical chronicles Kazimir Valishevsky.
Without much success, they tried to understand the epics of another Nobel laureate, Vladislav Reymont. But the minds of Russian speakers, more precisely, Soviet people by that time, a completely different Pole, Stanislav Lem, firmly owned.
In 1980, the remarkable Polish poet and essayist Czeslaw Milosz became the Nobel laureate, which pleased a small number of his admirers in the USSR. But then John Khmelevskaya enjoyed real success with Soviet readers.
Who else? The brilliant satirist Stanislav Jerzy Lec. Tragic Janusz Korczak. Fantasy Jerzy Zulawski. Poet Julian Tuwim. Prose writer Yaroslav Ivashkevich. Historical novelist Jan Parandowski...
Generally, in Soviet years when from foreign authors preference was given to writers from fraternal countries, Poland occupied, perhaps, the first place in this row. In the 70s, the series "Library of Polish Literature" was published: "Polish poets", " Polish story”, “Modern Polish stories”, monographic collections ...
In the 1990s, when the bans that existed before collapsed, publications by Polish masters, Witold Gombrowicz, Stanislaw Witkiewicz, Marek Hlasko, Slawomir Mrozhek, which were impossible in the old days, happened. She regularly continued to publish works by Polish authors "IL". Sometimes they turned their favorable attention to literature modern Poland and some publishers. In the 2000s, Inostranka published Songs of the Drinkers by Jerzy Pilch, the first novel by young Dorota Maslowska, The Polish-Russian War under the White-Red Flag, ABC - Apocrypha of Aglaya by Jerzy Sosnowski, and most recently, Text published the prose of the Polish classic Tadeusz Ruzhevich, who was previously known mainly as a poet and playwright.
Meetings of Russian readers with Polish writers
It is difficult to imagine a real writer who would be completely removed from the outside world and closed from his reader. Only a constant dialogue with the "listener" of the author's thoughts will help to establish a close connection and mutual understanding between the writer and the reader. Polish writers are perhaps no exception here. The 21st century has opened the window even wider to mysterious world Polish literature. Polish seasons in Russia, book fairs, meetings - all this brings us closer to the culture " Slavic brother”, arouses interest and contributes to the formation of closer literary and cultural ties.
Since 1988, the Polish Cultural Center, which conducts a wide, varied and multifaceted activity with the aim of popularizing Polish science and culture. The PCC organizes: presentations of the best Polish films, concerts, art exhibitions, meetings with leading Polish scientists, journalists, writers and cultural figures. To date, thanks to this center, our country has been visited by such famous personalities Polish culture, such as A. Dravich, T. Ruzhevich, K. Penderecki, H. Czerny-Stefanska, M. Foltyn, A. Wajda, K. Zanussi, K. Kuts and others.
2005 in Moscow passed under the sign of Poland. "Polish Season in Moscow" - a series of major art exhibitions and vernissages, held with us from spring to autumn. In contrast to the development of political relations, the development cultural relations between Poland and Russia is more progressive, because the result of the latter is something indestructible - books. Poland and the associations associated with it are beginning to be perceived by Russians in a new context, becoming part of our cultural reality. If five years ago in our country there was not a single book edition of contemporary Polish authors - neither the young nor the middle generation - now publishers are willingly publishing the latest Polish literature. The modern Polish writer can now not only be read, but also seen. This opportunity is provided, first of all, by book fairs.
Among the writers brought to the Non-fiction fair were two bright representatives of the younger generation of Polish literature. This is Slawomir Schuty, realizing himself in different areas activities (literature, photography, music, cinema, art projects). And the second hero is Michal Witkowski ("Lubevo"). From the generation of forty-year-olds, Jerzy Sosnowski, the author of best-selling action books and books in other genres, and also known in the past literary critic. In December, we were visited by Olga Tokarczuk, winner of various awards and the most frequent Polish guest at foreign fairs. In conclusion of the review of the “Polish” year in Moscow, it remains to tell about one more guest, Cezary Wodzinski. Among all the authors still brought to Moscow by the Institute of the Book, he was the only representative of modern Polish philosophical thought.
But this is not the first step towards Poland. There have been book seasons before. In 2001, Tadeusz Ruzhevich, a classic and legend of Polish poetry, came to Russia. The noisy opening of one of the seasons was the book by Dorota Maslowska, whose novel about the life of young people “Polish-Russian War Under the White-Red Flag” became a sensation. Another notable event, which also deserves special mention, was the award of the most prestigious Polish literary national award"Nike-2004" to the young writer Wojciech Kuczok. It's nice that both of these authors came to the Moscow Fair.
In 2002 Joanna Khmelevskaya came. She is, perhaps, the only one, apart from Stanislav Lem, an example of the unprecedented popularity of the modern Polish Author among the Russian reader, we have even more admirers of Khmelevskaya's talent than in the homeland of the writer. Together with Chmielewska, Magdalena Tulli, Dorota Terakovska, Katarzyna Groholya, and Kristina Janda also visited us.
In 2003 Janusz Głowacki, Manuela Gretkowska and Tadeusz Konwicki visited Moscow. Glovatsky is a writer, playwright, one of the few Polish authors who managed to conquer not only Poland, but also the West. Gretkowska is a representative of the feminist wave in Polish literature, the author of plot and essay prose, Konvitsky is a significant Polish writer of the second half of the 20th century, the author of socially oriented psychological novels.
In 2004, five writers visited Moscow at once. These are Stefan Chwin, Pavel Hülle, Antoni Libera, Zbigniew Kruszinsky and Adam Wiedemann. Hvin is an adherent of benign classical genres and classical philosophical questions, Hülle is a subtle stylist who plays with literary traditions, Libera - the creator of an adventurous and educational novel based on historical and cultural material, Krushinsky - a moral writer demonstrating a social picture modern society, and finally Wiedemann - a deeply asocial and slightly joking philosopher - “banalist” over his plots.
It is quite obvious that both Russian critics and ordinary Russian readers are becoming more and more interested in Poland. This is noticeable by the lively reaction of the audience, actively sold out books. All this makes it possible to assume that the following years will give even more Polish books, and meetings with Polish writers will continue, and, perhaps, some new forms of Russian-Polish literary and cultural dialogue will emerge.
Polish writers may not be so well known to the Russian reader. However, the classical layer of the literature of this country is very original and especially dramatic. Perhaps this is related to tragic fate Polish people, many centuries of conquest and division of lands, with the Nazi invasion, the destruction of the country and its difficult restoration from ruins.
However, Polish writers are known to us on the other hand, as the brightest representatives such popular genres as science fiction and ironic detective. Let's talk about the most notable Polish writers of the 20th and 21st centuries, whose fame went beyond the borders of their native country.
Senkevich Henrik
At the end of the 19th century Sienkiewicz became the most famous Polish man of letters. Books by Polish writers are not often awarded the world's largest prizes, but in 1905 Sienkiewicz was awarded for his entire literary work.
One of his most famous works is the historical saga “With Fire and Sword”, which tells about the Commonwealth. In 1894 he writes his next landmark work Quo Vadis, in Russian translation “Kamo are coming”. This novel about the Roman Empire establishes Sienkiewicz as a master historical genre in literature. To this day, this novel remains very popular and is translated into various languages. His next work was the novel "Crusaders" about the attacks of the Teutonic Order on Poland.
With the outbreak of World War I, Sienkiewicz left for Switzerland, where he died in 1916 and was buried there. Later, his remains were reburied in Warsaw.
Lem Stanislav
The Polish futurist writer is familiar to the whole world. He is the author of such famous works as "Solaris", "Eden", "Voice of the Lord" and others.
He was born in 1921 in the city of Lvov, which was then Polish. During the German occupation, miraculously did not end up in the ghetto thanks to forged documents. After the end of World War II, he moved to Krakow under the repatriation program, where he studied to be a doctor. In 1946, Lem published his first story, and already in 1951, his debut novel, The Astronauts, was published, which instantly made him famous.
All the work of the writer can be divided into several groups. One is a serious work in the spirit science fiction. The other was written by him as a satirist writer. These are grotesque works such as "Cyberiad" and "Peace on Earth".
Gombrowicz Witold
This is a Polish playwright of the period of the 50-60s of the 20th century. His first major novel, Ferdydurka, made a big splash. He shared forever literary world Poland to admirers and critics of his work, among whom were other Polish writers.
A month before the start of World War II, Gombrowicz sails on a ship to Argentina, where he experiences terrible years war. After the end of hostilities, the writer realizes that his work is forgotten at home, but it is not easy to win fame abroad either. Only in the mid-1950s did his old works begin to be reprinted in Poland.
In the 60s, popularity returned to him, largely due to the new novels "Cosmos" and "Pornography", which are published in France. In the history of world literature, Witold Gombrowicz remained a master of words and a philosopher, who more than once entered into a dispute with history.
Wisniewski Janusz
Few modern Polish writers are as famous in the world as Janusz Wisniewski. Despite the fact that he now lives in Frankfurt am Main, his works are always colored by the unique charm of Polish prose, its drama and lyricism.
Vishnevsky's debut novel "Loneliness in the Net" about virtual love literally blew up the world. For three years the book was a bestseller, it was filmed and translated into many languages.
Khmelevskaya Joanna
The works of Mrs. Khmelevskaya are not considered high true literature, and it is not surprising, because its genre - However, it is impossible to deny her fame. Khmelevskaya's books have become so popular not only thanks to intrigue and cunningly twisted detective stories but also the charm of its characters. main character many books written off from the author - bold, ironic, smart, reckless, Mrs. John left no one indifferent. The rest Khmelevskaya wrote off from her friends, relatives and colleagues. At the behest of her fantasy, many became victims or criminals and, as they later noted with a laugh, could not get rid of the imposed image.
Her own life threw her a lot of stories - romance novels, dizzying meetings, travel and much less pleasant events of World War II, the occupation of Warsaw, the difficult economic fate of the country. All this brought to her books that lively language and sharp humor that spread far beyond the borders of her native country.
Polish literature originated in the distant 12th century. from annals and chronicles and has been constantly developing since then. Today, the literary heritage of Poland is huge, and Polish writers and poets are known throughout the world. We have prepared 10 popular books Polish authors of different genres and eras worth reading.
1. "Fire and sword" Henryk Sienkiewicz
("Ogniem i mieczem" Henryk Sienkiewicz)
"The Commonwealth was devastated, and Ukraine was devastated. Wolves howled on the ruins of cities; the recently blooming region turned into a gigantic tomb"
"With Fire and Sword" is the first part of the historical trilogy, which also includes the books "The Flood" and "Pan Volodyevsky". The novel was written in 1884-1888. The book describes the events of the Ukrainian-Polish war of 1648 - 1657 under the leadership of Bogdan Khmelnitsky. However, the main storyline is the love story of Jan Skshetuski and Jelena Kurcewicz.
The well-known Polish director Jerzy Hoffman made a film of the same name based on the novel, leading role in which he played Ukrainian actor Bogdan Stupka.
2. "Dzyady" Adam Mickiewicz
("Dziady" Adam Mickiewicz)
"Dzyady" is a poem by one of the greatest poets Poland by Adam Mickiewicz, written around 1822-1823. As the author himself writes, dzyady is an ancient folk rite during which the dead are commemorated. It is based on the pagan cult of ancestors (grandfathers), which the church tried in vain to eradicate. People began to conduct dzyads secretly, at night in cemeteries and in abandoned houses. They called on restless souls with the hope of helping them find eternal rest.
3. "Loneliness in the Net" Janusz Wisniewski
("S@motność w sieci" Janusz Leon Wiśniewski)
"Of all that is eternal, love has the shortest time"
"Loneliness in the Net" is the first novel by today's popular Polish writer Janusz Wisniewski, published in 2001. The events of the novel unfold in the mid-1990s. The main characters of the book meet online. They communicate, fall in love, live part of their lives thanks to online correspondence, and only then meet in Paris, where they face various trials.
4. "Solaris" Stanislav Lem
("Solaris" Stanisław Lem)
This fantasy novel famous Polish science fiction writer Stanisław Lem, which was first published in 1961. Solaris is an exoplanet (that is, a planet that drifts into outer space). The novel takes place in the distant future. Dr. Chris Kelvin arrives on this planet, worried psychological state expedition members at a research station on Solaris. The novel by Stanislaw Lem stirred up the world of science fiction and made a significant impact on the development of this literary genre. The book has been translated into more than thirty languages of the world. Based on his motives, 3 films were shot.
5. "Barbarian in the garden" Zbigniew Herbert
("Barbarzyńca w ogrodzie" Zbigniew Herbert)
Zbigniew Herbert - a famous Polish poet and playwright, was born in 1924 in Lviv and lived here until 1944, from where he left for Krakow. Winner of many literary awards, holder of the Order of the White Eagle - the highest award Poland.
The collection of poems "The Barbarian in the Garden" was written in 1958-1960 and is dedicated to European culture. Here you will find a description of the masterpieces of Paleolithic mural painting in the Lascaux cave, visit the Roman antique monuments architecture and gothic temples, see the fall of the Templars and get to know the art of Italian artist Piero della Francesca.
6. "Emperor" Richard Kapuschinsky
("Cesarz" Ryszard Kapuścinski)
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World bestseller. The book by Ryszard Kapuschinsky "The Emperor" is a story-report written on the basis of real events. The work describes life last emperor Ethiopia Haile Sellasie I, who ruled from 1930-1975 and was killed by revolutionaries. The author, without any embellishment, exposes the intrigues in imperial court, the struggle for power, the meanness of fear, greed - what is left behind the scenes of the reign of Haile.
7. "Lviv School of Mathematics" Mariusz Urbanek
("Lwowska szkoła matematyczna" Mariusz Urbanek)
Stefan Banach, Vladislav Orlich, Hugo Steinhaus, Stanislav Ulyam, Mark Katz, Hermann Auerbach and many other scientists created the so-called school of mathematics in Lvov in the interwar years. It was a group of mathematicians who met together at the "Scottish Café" in Lvov during 1918-1941, where they discussed various mathematical problems and made many discoveries. These were outstanding scientists, whose fate during the war years was different. Their scientific activity, great discoveries and a turbulent personal life, which in most cases ended with Nazi bullets, are described in his novel by Mariusz Urbanek.
8. Cinnamon Shops by Bruno Schulz
("Sklepy cynamonowe" Bruno Schulz)
Bruno Schulz - Polish writer and artist of Ukrainian-Jewish origin, born and lived in Drohobych (1892 - 1942), died in the Gestapo. One of his most famous works is a collection of short stories "Cinnamon Shops", published in 1933 in Warsaw. The stories describe events from the life of a simple merchant family living in a small Galician town, where one can easily recognize hometown author - Drohobych. The story is told on behalf of young guy and the reader has the opportunity to see the world through his eyes.
9. "Galicians" Stanislav Alexander Novak
("Galicyanie" Stanisław Aleksander Nowak)
"Galicians" - another Polish novel on historical themes. It covers events from 1812 to 1915, which mainly unfold in the Galician village of Zaborov near Rzeszow. Actually, the villagers are the main characters of the novel, whose fates are determined by the tragic pages of history, because the 19th and early 20th centuries are replete with wars and uprisings. At different times, Austrian, Russian, French and Polish troops passed through the village.
"Galicians" is an extraordinary story in which joy is combined with sadness, and life is constantly struggling with death. Colorful characters, description of historical realities, and, above all, a living language, with its inherent dialectisms, allow you to feel the atmosphere of Galicia in the 19th century.
10. "Mother leaves" Tadeusz Ruzewicz
("Matka odchodzi" Tadeusz Różewicz)
Tadeusz Ruzewicz is one of the most famous contemporary Polish writers in the world, winner of numerous awards, honorary doctor of many universities in Poland. One of his many works is the poetry collection "Mother Goes Away", published in 1999, for which the author received the Nike award (prestigious Polish literary prize awarded for the most significant Polish book of the year) in 2000.
This is a kind of memory book that reflects the spiritual relationship between the son and mother.
At all times and on all continents, a book is the best gift. That is why we want to introduce our readers to five popular Polish writers whose books have been translated into different languages and popular all over the world.
Vitold Gombrowicz
A well-known Polish writer, a native of the village of Maloshitse. Born August 4, 1904 in pretty rich family. He graduated from Warsaw University and also received a master's degree in philosophy and economics in Paris.
Witold has always been distinguished by a wonderful and unpredictable behavior. In his works, he often ridiculed the stereotypes and ideology of the Polish state of those years. During his life, Witold traveled a lot, worked in Buenos Aires, later returned to Paris and began to publish small essays in Polish, which were later published as a three-volume Diary. And the famous work "Trans-Atlantic", where the author half described own life and experiences, resonated in Paris and was critically acclaimed.
In Russia, the stories of Witold Gombrovich gained immense popularity. "Pornography" And "Diary". And the play Yvonne Princess of Burgundy" staged in many theaters in European countries.
Ryszard Kapuschinsky
Polish writer Belarusian origin. Born March 4, 1932 in Pinsk. He graduated from Warsaw University, after which he worked in the newspaper Sztandar Młodych (Banner of Youth), however, due to a rather compromising and inappropriate reportage of the then authorities, he was fired. A few years later, Ryszard got a job at the Polish Press Agency, traveled a lot, collected interesting reports, and also collaborated with the Parisian magazine Kultura.
Henryk Sienkiewicz
Perhaps the most famous writer Poland, whose name is known to many residents of Eastern Europe.
Born May 5, 1846 in Wola-Oksheyskaya, at a time when this part of Poland belonged to Russian Empire. The boy grew up in a family of impoverished gentry, his father came from Tatars, his mother was from the Belarusian gentry.
After graduating from the Warsaw Gymnasium, Henryk enters the Warsaw University at the Faculty of History, Philology and Medicine. While still a student, Henryk is gaining popularity in journalistic circles. His essays are published in the journal "Weekly Review", "Polish Newspaper", as well as in the weekly "Niva".
In the works of Henryk Sienkiewicz were different directions. He liked to describe the life of ordinary peasants, hard times for the Polish gentry, and also comprehended the basics of psychology and introspection.
His famous works are considered Polish classics. And in neighboring states are even included in school curriculum and analyzed by young readers: With fire and sword, Flood, Pan Volodyevsky, Crusaders, Whirlpools, Old servant, Letters from travels, Bright music, From the diary of a Poznan teacher, For bread, etc.
Stanislav Lem
Polish philosopher, and part-time writer, satirist, critic and science fiction writer.
Born on September 12, 1921 in Lviv, in the family of an otolaryngologist. He graduated from one of the Lviv gymnasiums, and later studied medicine at Lviv University.
Although the Lem family had Jewish roots However, they still managed to avoid exile in the ghetto. After the Second World War, Stanislav went to one of the oldest higher educational institutions Krakow, where he continued to study medicine and was preparing to become a military doctor. However, he never received a degree, because. at the very last moment refused to take the final exams and became a military doctor.
Already in 1946, the works of Stanislav Lem began to be published. And fame comes to the author after the release of the novel "Astronauts", which caused a resonance and brought success to the novice writer.
It should be noted that Stanislav Lem's books have been translated into languages of 41 countries of the world.
Most notable works Stanislav: Man from Mars, Hospital of Transfiguration, Dialogues, Eden, Solaris, Tales of Robots, Invincible, Imaginary Value, Peace on Earth and others.
Janusz Leon Wisniewski
Famous contemporary Polish writer. Born August 18, 1954 in ordinary family, father is a driver, and mother worked all her life in her own store.
He graduated from the naval school in Kołobrzeg, where he received a diploma as a long-distance sailor. Then he entered the University of Torun, where he studied physics. Janusz currently lives in Frankfurt am Main, where he writes his famous novels.
Success came to the writer in 2001 after the release of the novel "Loneliness in the Net" which was immediately approved by the public, the books were translated into many languages of the world and even a film was made. Storybook "Mistress" also liked modern readers and had big success. "Martina", "Repetition of Fate", "Why Men Are Needed", "Bed", "Scenes from Married Life", "Grand"- all these works are gaining popularity and are published in different parts of the world.
As we can see, each country has its own prominent people admired by the whole world. That is why, if you have a free moment, be sure to read one of the novels of famous Polish writers.
