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STANISLAW LEM, ONE OF THE WORLD'S LEADING SCIENCE-FICTION WRITERS, DIED AT THE AGE OF 84
Monday, March 27, 2006
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Born in 1921 in Lvow (now in Ukraine), Stanislaw Lem is the Polish writer who has been most frequently published abroad - famous for his satire, humor, and irreverent reflections on society.
Educated as a physician and scientific theorist, Lem possessed expert knowledge of the theory of evolution, mathematics, robotics, astronomy, and physics, as well as of literature and many other fields. His writing cannot be contained within the narrow genre of science-fiction but is widely recognized as a deeply human and philosophical reflection on the human condition.
Some of his many books - translated into more than forty languages - were brought to the screen, most notably his "Solaris", in two filmic interpretations, first by Andrei Tarkovsky and recently by Stephen Soderbergh, as well as a humorous short story "Roly Poly", adapted by Andrzej Wajda.
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