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[[File:Sapkowski2010.jpg|thumb|250px|Andrzej Sapkowski at the Book World Fair 2010 in Prague]]
 
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'''Andrzej Sapkowski''', born 21 June 1948 in Łódź, is a Polish fantasy writer. Sapkowski studied economics, and before turning to writing, he had worked as a senior sales representative for a foreign trade company. His first short story, "[[The Witcher (short story)|The Witcher]]" ("Wiedźmin"), was published in Fantastyka, Poland's leading fantasy literary magazine, in 1986 and was enormously successful both with readers and critics. Sapkowski has created a [[Witcher series|series of tales]] based on the world of "The Witcher", comprising three collections of short stories and five novels. This cycle and his many other works have made him one of the best-known fantasy authors in Poland in the 1990s.
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'''Andrzej Sapkowski''' (born June 21, 1948 in Łódź) is a Polish fantasy writer. Sapkowski studied economics, and before turning to writing, he had worked as a senior sales representative for a foreign trade company. His first short story, "[[The Witcher (short story)|The Witcher]]" ("Wiedźmin"), was published in Fantastyka, Poland's leading fantasy literary magazine, in 1986 and was enormously successful both with readers and critics. Sapkowski has created a [[Witcher series|series of tales]] based on the world of "The Witcher", comprising three collections of short stories and five novels. This cycle and his many other works have made him one of the best-known fantasy authors in Poland in the 1990s.
   
The main character of the stories is [[witcher]] [[Geralt of Rivia|Geralt]], a mutant assassin who has been trained since childhood to hunt down and destroy monsters. Geralt exists in an ambiguous moral universe, yet manages to maintain his own coherent code of ethics. At the same time cynical and noble, Geralt has been compared to Raymond Chandler's signature character Philip Marlowe. The world in which these adventures take place owes much to J.R.R. Tolkien, while being also heavily influenced by Polish history and Slavic mythology.
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The main character of the stories is [[witcher]] [[Geralt of Rivia|Geralt]], a mutant swordsman who has been trained since childhood to hunt down and destroy monsters. Geralt exists in an ambiguous moral universe, yet manages to maintain his own coherent code of ethics. At the same time cynical and noble, Geralt has been compared to Raymond Chandler's signature character Philip Marlowe. The world in which these adventures take place owes much to J.R.R. Tolkien, while being also heavily influenced by Polish history and Slavic mythology.
   
Sapkowski has won five [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janusz_A._Zajdel_Award Zajdel Awards], including three for short stories "[[Mniejsze zło]]" (Lesser Evil) (1990), "[[Miecz przeznaczenia]]" (The Sword of Destiny) (1992) and "[http://www.scribd.com/doc/8293376/Andrzej-Sapkowski-W-Leju-Po-Bombie W leju po bombie]" (In a Bomb Crater) (1993), and two for the novels "''Krew elfów''" (''[[Blood of Elves]]'') (1994) and "''[[Narrenturm]]''" (2002). He also won the Spanish Ignotus Award, best anthology, for ''[[The Last Wish]]'' in 2003, and for "[http://www.scribd.com/doc/8293253/Andrzej-Sapkowski-Muzykanci Muzykanci]" (The Musicians), best foreign short story, same year.
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Sapkowski has won five [[wikipedia:Janusz A. Zajdel Award|Zajdel Awards]], including three for short stories "[[Mniejsze zło]]" (Lesser Evil) (1990), "[[Sword of Destiny]]" (1992) and "[http://www.scribd.com/doc/8293376/Andrzej-Sapkowski-W-Leju-Po-Bombie W leju po bombie]" (In a Bomb Crater) (1993), and two for the novels "''Krew elfów''" (''[[Blood of Elves]]'') (1994) and "''[[Narrenturm]]''" (2002). He also won the Spanish Ignotus Award, best anthology, for ''[[The Last Wish]]'' in 2003, and for "[http://www.scribd.com/doc/8293253/Andrzej-Sapkowski-Muzykanci Muzykanci]" (The Musicians), best foreign short story, same year.
   
 
In 1997, Sapkowski won the prestigious Polityka Passport award, which is awarded annually to artists who have strong prospects for international success.
 
In 1997, Sapkowski won the prestigious Polityka Passport award, which is awarded annually to artists who have strong prospects for international success.
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Sapkowski's books have been translated into Czech, Finnish, Estonian, Russian, Lithuanian, German, Italian, Spanish, French and Portuguese. English translation of ''[[The Last Wish]]'' short story collection was published in the UK by [http://www.orionbooks.co.uk/ Gollancz] in 2007 and in the US by [[Orbit]] in 2008.
 
Sapkowski's books have been translated into Czech, Finnish, Estonian, Russian, Lithuanian, German, Italian, Spanish, French and Portuguese. English translation of ''[[The Last Wish]]'' short story collection was published in the UK by [http://www.orionbooks.co.uk/ Gollancz] in 2007 and in the US by [[Orbit]] in 2008.
   
Polish game publisher [[CD Projekt]] also released a PC game based on this universe. Called ''[[The Witcher (computer game)|The Witcher]]'', it was released in October 2007. It was very well received and a commercial success, selling over 1.5 million retail copies to date. On May 17th, 2011 the second game - [[The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings]] was released.
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Polish game publisher [[CD Projekt]] released a PC game based on ''The Witcher'' universe in October 2007. Called ''[[The Witcher (computer game)|The Witcher]]'', it was very well received and a commercial success. On May 17, 2011 the second game - ''[[The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings]]'' was released. In May 2015, the third and final installment of the video game saga - ''[[The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt]]'' - was released.
   
 
==Biography==
 
==Biography==
 
 
Andrzej Sapkowski is a graduate of the University of Lodz, where he studied foreign trade. Subsequently, he worked in that field. Only later did his literary career begin, as a translator, translating the English story "The Words of the Guru" by Cyril M. Kornbluth for ''Fantastyka'' magazine. His first work of fiction and literary debut was the short story "The Witcher".
 
Andrzej Sapkowski is a graduate of the University of Lodz, where he studied foreign trade. Subsequently, he worked in that field. Only later did his literary career begin, as a translator, translating the English story "The Words of the Guru" by Cyril M. Kornbluth for ''Fantastyka'' magazine. His first work of fiction and literary debut was the short story "The Witcher".
   
 
==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
 
===The [[Witcher series]]===
 
===The [[Witcher series]]===
'''Note''': Works not yet translated into English appear under their original Polish titles.
 
 
====Short story collections====
 
====Short story collections====
 
*''[[Wiedźmin (book)|Wiedźmin]] ''(''Wiedźmin'') (1990)
 
*''[[Wiedźmin (book)|Wiedźmin]] ''(''Wiedźmin'') (1990)
 
*''[[The Last Wish]]'' (''Ostatnie życzenie'') (1993, English edition: 2007)
 
*''[[The Last Wish]]'' (''Ostatnie życzenie'') (1993, English edition: 2007)
*''[[Miecz przeznaczenia]]'' (''The Sword of Destiny'') (1992, while the book was second to be published, it collects a number of short stories some of which precede the tales in ''The Last Wish'')
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*''[[Sword of Destiny]]'' (''Miecz przeznaczenia'') (1992, English edition: 2015) — while the book was first to be published, it collects later short stories and takes place later than ''The Last Wish''
 
*''[[Coś się kończy, coś się zaczyna]]'' (''Something ends, Something begins'') (2000)
 
*''[[Coś się kończy, coś się zaczyna]]'' (''Something ends, Something begins'') (2000)
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*''[[Maladie i inne opowiadania]]'' (''Malady and Other Stories'') (2012)
   
 
====The Witcher Saga====
 
====The Witcher Saga====
*''[[Blood of Elves]]'' (''Krew elfów'') (1994, English ed: 2008)
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*''[[Blood of Elves]]'' (''Krew elfów'') (1994, English edition: 2008)
*''[[Times of Contempt]]'' (''Czas pogardy'') (1995, English edition: expected April 2011)
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*''[[Time of Contempt]]'' (''Czas pogardy'') (1995, English edition: June 2013)
*''[[Chrzest Ognia]]'' (''Baptism of Fire'') (1996)
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*''[[Baptism of Fire]]'' (''Chrzest ognia'') (1996, English edition: March 2014)
*''[[Wieża Jaskółki]]'' (''The Tower of the Swallow'') (1997)
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*''[[The Tower of the Swallow]]'' (''Wieża Jaskółki'') (1997, English edition: 2016)
*''[[Pani Jeziora]]'' (''The Lady of the Lake'') (1999)
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*''[[The Lady of the Lake]]'' (''Pani Jeziora'') (1999, English edition: 2017)
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====Standalone novels====
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* ''[[Season of Storms]]'' (''Sezon burz'') (2013, English edition: 2018)
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===Narrenturm trilogy (or Hussite Trilogy)===
 
===Narrenturm trilogy (or Hussite Trilogy)===
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This trilogy is set to finally be translated to English. <ref>[https://instytutksiazki.pl/en/news,2,sapkowski%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%9Ctrylogia-husycka-to-be-published-in-english,2071.html The Polish Book Institute]</ref>
*''[[Narrenturm]]'' (2002)
 
*''[[Boży bojownicy|Warriors of God]]'' (''Boży bojownicy'') (2004)
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*''[[The Tower of Fools]]'' (''Narrenturm'') (2002, English translation expected in October 2020)
*''[[Lux perpetua]]'' (2006)
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*''[[Warriors of God]]'' (''Boży bojownicy'') (2004)
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*''[[Lux perpetua|Ceaseless Light]]'' (''Lux perpetua'') (2006)
   
 
===Other works===
 
===Other works===
*''The Eye of Yrrhedes'' (''Oko Yrrhedesa'') (1995), roleplaying game
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*''[[The Eye of Yrrhedes]]'' (''Oko Yrrhedesa'') (1995), roleplaying game
*''[[The World of King Arthur. The Malady]]'' (''Świat króla Artura. Maladie.'') (1995), essay and a short story set in Arthurian mythology ([http://www.polishwriting.net/index.php?id=35 link to a translation])
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*''[[The World of King Arthur. The Malady]]'' (''Świat króla Artura. Maladie.'') (1995), essay and a short story set in Arthurian mythology
 
*''[[Manuscript Discovered in a Dragon's Cave]]'' (''Rękopis znaleziony w Smoczej Jaskini'') (2001), fantasy encyclopedic compendium
 
*''[[Manuscript Discovered in a Dragon's Cave]]'' (''Rękopis znaleziony w Smoczej Jaskini'') (2001), fantasy encyclopedic compendium
*''Żmija'' (''Viper'') 2009 a historical fantasy novel set in Soviet occupied Afghanistan
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*''Viper'' (''Żmija'') 2009 a historical fantasy novel set in Soviet occupied Afghanistan
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==Interviews==
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* [https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-03-24-meeting-andrzej-sapkowski-the-writer-who-created-the-witcher Eurogamer, 2017, by Robert Purchese]
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuU5Z-Cn25s Eurocon 2016, Sala Teatre]
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== References ==
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Latest revision as of 22:45, 6 October 2020

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Andrzej Sapkowski at the Book World Fair 2010 in Prague

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Andrzej Sapkowski in 2003

Andrzej Sapkowski (born June 21, 1948 in Łódź) is a Polish fantasy writer. Sapkowski studied economics, and before turning to writing, he had worked as a senior sales representative for a foreign trade company. His first short story, "The Witcher" ("Wiedźmin"), was published in Fantastyka, Poland's leading fantasy literary magazine, in 1986 and was enormously successful both with readers and critics. Sapkowski has created a series of tales based on the world of "The Witcher", comprising three collections of short stories and five novels. This cycle and his many other works have made him one of the best-known fantasy authors in Poland in the 1990s.

The main character of the stories is witcher Geralt, a mutant swordsman who has been trained since childhood to hunt down and destroy monsters. Geralt exists in an ambiguous moral universe, yet manages to maintain his own coherent code of ethics. At the same time cynical and noble, Geralt has been compared to Raymond Chandler's signature character Philip Marlowe. The world in which these adventures take place owes much to J.R.R. Tolkien, while being also heavily influenced by Polish history and Slavic mythology.

Sapkowski has won five Zajdel Awards, including three for short stories "Mniejsze zło" (Lesser Evil) (1990), "Sword of Destiny" (1992) and "W leju po bombie" (In a Bomb Crater) (1993), and two for the novels "Krew elfów" (Blood of Elves) (1994) and "Narrenturm" (2002). He also won the Spanish Ignotus Award, best anthology, for The Last Wish in 2003, and for "Muzykanci" (The Musicians), best foreign short story, same year.

In 1997, Sapkowski won the prestigious Polityka Passport award, which is awarded annually to artists who have strong prospects for international success.

In 2001, a television series based on the Witcher series was released in Poland and internationally, entitled The Hexer (Wiedźmin). A film by the same title was compiled from excerpts of the television series but both have been critical and box office failures.

Sapkowski's books have been translated into Czech, Finnish, Estonian, Russian, Lithuanian, German, Italian, Spanish, French and Portuguese. English translation of The Last Wish short story collection was published in the UK by Gollancz in 2007 and in the US by Orbit in 2008.

Polish game publisher CD Projekt released a PC game based on The Witcher universe in October 2007. Called The Witcher, it was very well received and a commercial success. On May 17, 2011 the second game - The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings was released. In May 2015, the third and final installment of the video game saga - The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - was released.

Biography[ | ]

Andrzej Sapkowski is a graduate of the University of Lodz, where he studied foreign trade. Subsequently, he worked in that field. Only later did his literary career begin, as a translator, translating the English story "The Words of the Guru" by Cyril M. Kornbluth for Fantastyka magazine. His first work of fiction and literary debut was the short story "The Witcher".

Bibliography[ | ]

The Witcher series[ | ]

Short story collections[ | ]

The Witcher Saga[ | ]

Standalone novels[ | ]


Narrenturm trilogy (or Hussite Trilogy)[ | ]

This trilogy is set to finally be translated to English. [1]

Other works[ | ]

Interviews[ | ]

References[ | ]


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