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Jacek Komuda
Jacek Lech Komuda (born 23 June 1972) is a Polish writer and historian. He specialized in the period of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and History of Poland (1569–1795), and is the author of several novels and short stories of fantasy/historical novel genre. He is a co-author of the Dzikie Pola role-playing game, and script writer for Earth 2160 computer games. He is also an editor of computer game magazine GameStar (Polish edition), and used to contribute to Click! and Komputer Świat GRY magazines. Works Books * '' Dzikie Pola'' roleplaying game * '' Opowieści z Dzikich Pól'' (short story anthology, Alfa 1999, ) * '' Wilcze gniazdo'' (novel, Fabryka Słów 2002, ) * '' Opowieści z Dzikich Pól'' (short story anthology, Fabryka Słów 2004, ) * ''Warchoły i pijanice'' (history book, Fabryka Słów 2004, ) * '' Imię Bestii'' (short story anthology, Fabryka Słów 2005, ) * '' Bohun'' (novel, Fabryka Słów 2006, ) * '' Czarna szabla'' (short story anthology, Fabry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacek Komuda Polcon 2007
Jacek is a Polish given name of Greece, Greek origin related Hyacinth (given name), Hyacinth, through the archaic form of ''Jacenty''. Its closely related equivalents are: Jacinto (Spain, Spanish and Portugal, Portuguese), Giacinto (Italy, Italian), Jácint (Hungary, Hungarian) and Jacint (Catalan language, Catalan, shortened to ''Cint'' or ''Cinto'' following the Catalan tradition of Hypocorism, hypocorising through Apheresis (linguistics), apheresis). The name Jacek might refer to: *Hyacinth of Poland, Saint Hyacinth (Święty Jacek, Jacek Odrowąż), Dominican friar and saint *Jacek Andrzej Rossakiewicz *Jacek Bąk, footballer *Jacek Bednarek, racewalker *Jacek Bogucki, politician *Jacek Bury, Senator *Jacek Cichocki, politician *Jacek Dehnel, poet and writer *Jacek Dukaj, science fiction writer *Jacek Falfus, politician *Jacek Gmoch, footballer *Tede (rapper), Jacek "Tede" Graniecki, rapper *Jacek Huchwajda, fencer *Jacek Jezierski, writer and businessmen *Jacek Jędruch, Pol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bohun (powieść)
Bohun can refer to: * Bohun (surname) * Bohun, Iran, a village in Isfahan Province, Iran * ''Bohun'', a novel by Jacek Komuda Jacek Lech Komuda (born 23 June 1972) is a Polish writer and historian. He specialized in the period of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and History of Poland (1569–1795), and is the author of several novels and short stories of fantasy/hist ... *, Ukrainian off-road rescue vehicle See also * {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21st-century Polish Historians
The 1st century was the century spanning AD 1 ( I) through AD 100 ( C) according to the Julian calendar. It is often written as the or to distinguish it from the 1st century BC (or BCE) which preceded it. The 1st century is considered part of the Classical era, epoch, or historical period. The 1st century also saw the appearance of Christianity. During this period, Europe, North Africa and the Near East fell under increasing domination by the Roman Empire, which continued expanding, most notably conquering Britain under the emperor Claudius (AD 43). The reforms introduced by Augustus during his long reign stabilized the empire after the turmoil of the previous century's civil wars. Later in the century the Julio-Claudian dynasty, which had been founded by Augustus, came to an end with the suicide of Nero in AD 68. There followed the famous Year of Four Emperors, a brief period of civil war and instability, which was finally brought to an end by Vespasian, ninth Roman emperor, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1972 Births
Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using mean solar time he legal time scale its duration was 31622401.141 seconds of Terrestrial Time (or Ephemeris Time), which is slightly shorter than 1908). Events January * January 1 – Kurt Waldheim becomes Secretary-General of the United Nations. * January 4 - The first scientific hand-held calculator (HP-35) is introduced (price $395). * January 7 – Iberia Airlines Flight 602 crashes into a 462-meter peak on the island of Ibiza; 104 are killed. * January 9 – The RMS ''Queen Elizabeth'' is destroyed by fire in Hong Kong harbor. * January 10 – Independence leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman returns to Bangladesh after spending over nine months in prison in Pakistan. * January 11 – Sheikh Mujibur Rahman declares a new constitutional governme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrzej Pilipiuk
Andrzej Pilipiuk (born 20 March 1974 in Warsaw), Polish humoristic science-fiction and fantasy author. He debuted in 1996 with short story "Hiena", which featured the first appearance of Jakub Wędrowycz, an alcoholic exorcist. Since that time, Pilipiuk has written several dozen other short stories about that character. Nine times nominated to the Janusz A. Zajdel Award, won it in 2002 for his short story ''Kuzynki'', which he expanded into a novel in 2003 and followed by sequels: ''Księżniczka'' in 2004 and ''Dziedziczki'' in 2005. The series describes the adventures of 3 women: a more-than-1000-year-old teenage vampire, a 300-year-old alchemist-szlachcianka, and her relative, a former Polish secret agent from CBŚ (Polish 'FBI'). A recurring character in the series alchemist Michał Sędziwój, and the universe is the same as the one of Wędrowycz (who makes appearances from time to time). Plipiuk lives in Kraków. Bibliography Series of Jakub Wędrowycz * ''Chronic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fenix (magazine)
''Fenix'' was a Polish science fiction magazine published from 1990 to 2001. It was the first privately owned magazine in the country. It was created by Jarosław Grzędowicz, Krzysztof Sokołowski, Rafał A. Ziemkiewicz, Andrzej Łaski and Dariusz Zientalak jr. The magazine was reactivated in literary and critical anthology form in 2018 by Bartek Biedrzycki (Polish s-f and comic writer and publisher) and Sokołowski under the name ''Fenix Antologia'' with official approval from Grzędowicz. About Fenix was created as a continuation of ''Feniks'' fanzine, which ran for 8 issues winning the European SF Awards in 1987 for best zine. The magazine was published at first by Radwan, then since 1991 by Prószyński i Spółka, and from 2000 to 2001 by Wydawnictwo Mag, after which date the publication was suspended until 2018. From the beginning to 1993 Rafał A. Ziemkiewicz was the editor in chief, later on replaced by Jarosław Grzędowicz. The 2018 ''Fenix Antologia'' run ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nowa Fantastyka
''Fantastyka'' (est 1982, in 1990 renamed ''Nowa Fantastyka'') is a Polish speculative fiction monthly fantasy and science fiction magazine. History ''Fantastyka'' was established in 1982 by sci-fi fans Andrzej Krzepkowski, Jacek Rodek and , under the direction of the writer and journalist Adam Hollanek, who became the magazine’s first editor-in-chief. It became known as one of few magazines to publish both foreign and Polish short stories, as well as full-length novels in instalments. Between 1990 and 1992 its editor-in-chief was Lech Jęczmyk, followed by Maciej Parowski and Arkadiusz Nakoniecznik. In March 2006 Paweł Matuszek took over. Andrzej Sapkowski published his first short story about The Witcher in the magazine - a debut that led to the publishing success of The Witcher saga. Today ''Fantastyka'' is dedicated predominantly to short stories, but also to articles on modern science, film and book reviews and comic pages. In addition, it brings fandom and conventio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Czarna Bandera
Czarna may refer to the following places: *Czarna, Lesser Poland Voivodeship (south Poland) *Czarna, Łódź Voivodeship (central Poland) *Czarna, Lublin Voivodeship (east Poland) *Czarna, Dębica County in Subcarpathian Voivodeship (south-east Poland) *Czarna, Kielce County in Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship (south-central Poland) *Czarna, Końskie County in Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship (south-central Poland) *Czarna, Łańcut County in Subcarpathian Voivodeship (south-east Poland) * Czarna, Bieszczady County in Subcarpathian Voivodeship (south-east Poland) *Czarna, Mińsk County in Masovian Voivodeship (east-central Poland) *Czarna, Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki County in Masovian Voivodeship (east-central Poland) *Czarna, Wołomin County in Masovian Voivodeship (east-central Poland) *Czarna, Lubusz Voivodeship Czarna (german: Zahn) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zabór, within Zielona Góra County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It lies approximately south of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
