Stanis?aw Lem

Stanis?aw Lem (born September 12, 1921) is a Polish satirical, philosophical, and science fiction writer. His books have been translated into 40 languages and sold over 27 million copies. At one point he was the most widely read science fiction author in the world. Lem's writing is full of intelligent humor, puns, and neologisms, and Michael Kandel's translations into English have been praised by many for capturing Lem's style.

Film and TV adaptations

• Der Schweigende Stern / First Spaceship on Venus (East Germany and Poland, 1959)
• Przek?adaniec / Layer Cake / Roly Poly by Andrzej Wajda (1968)
• IKARIE-XB1 / White Planet (Czech Republic, 1968-70)
• Un si joli village by Étienne Périer (France, 1973)
• The Investigation by Marek Piestrak (1973)
• Solaris by Andrei Tarkovsky (Soviet Union and Japan, 1971)
• Szpital przemienienia / Hospital of the Transfiguration by Edward Zebrowski (Poland, 1979)
• Test pilota Pirxa / Test Pilot Pirx by Marek Piestrak (Poland and Soviet Union, 1979)
• Victim of the Brain by Piet Hoenderdos (Netherlands, 1988)
• Marianengraben directed by Achim Bornhak, written by Lem and Mathias Dinter (Germany, 1994)
• Solaris by Steven Soderbergh (USA, 2002)