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Zajdel Award
The Janusz A. Zajdel Award (''Nagroda imienia Janusza A. Zajdla''), often called just Zajdel, is the annual award given by the Polish science fiction and fantasy fandom for the best stories published in the previous year. The winners are chosen in a vote by fans present at the Polcon convention from up to five nominations in each of two categories: *Novel: works longer than 100 standard pages (of 1800 characters), *Short story: shorter works. Instant-runoff voting with "No award" as one of the choices is the method used. Vote counts are not announced. History The award was created in 1985 under the name ''Sfinks'' (not to be confused with the , an award of the magazine). After the death of the first winner, Janusz A. Zajdel, in the same year, the name was changed in his memory. Until 1989, the award was given by Polish science fiction fan associations, voting as units; since 1990, all fans present at Polcon can vote. Until 1991, there was a single award given for the bes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mniejsze Zło
''The Last Wish'' ( pl, Ostatnie życzenie) is the third published short story collection in Polish fantasy writer Andrzej Sapkowski's ''The Witcher'' series. Published by SuperNowa in 1993, it was preceded by 1992's '' Sword of Destiny'', but is officially considered the first entry in the series and ''Sword of Destiny'' the second. The collection contains seven short stories interspersed with a continuing frame story: Geralt of Rivia, after having been injured in battle, rests in a temple. During that time he has flashbacks to recent events in his life, with each flashback forming a short story. ''The Last Wish'' was first published in English on 7 June 2007 by Gollancz, and has also been translated into several other languages. In 2003, it won the Premio Ignotus for Best Anthology. Plot "The Witcher" :''"The Voice of Reason" () Part I - In Ellander's Temple of Melitele, a wounded Geralt is awakened from his slumber by Iola, a mute servant. The two make love, and fall as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Konrad Tomasz Lewandowski
Konrad Tomasz Lewandowski (born 1 April 1966 in Warsaw) (a.k.a. ''Przewodas'') is a fantasy and science fiction writer and journalist, doctor of philosophy, most known for two of his series: a science/political fiction series of adventures of a tabloid journalist Radosław Tomaszewski, and a fantasy series about a werecat Ksin. He wrote four crime fiction novels set in Second Polish Republic featuring chief inspector Jerzy Drwęcki. In 1995 he received the Janusz A. Zajdel Award for the short story ''Noteka 2015''. See also * Science fiction and fantasy in Poland Science fiction and fantasy in Poland dates to the late 18th century. During the latter years of the People's Republic of Poland, a very popular genre of science fiction was social science fiction. Later, many other genres gained prominence. Po ... References Konrad T. Lewandowski biography at gandalf.com.pl External links * * 1966 births Living people Polish fantasy writers Polish science fiction ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafał Aleksander Ziemkiewicz
Rafał is the Polish form of the male given name Raphael. Rafał (Polish pronunciation: ) may refer to: *Rafał Śliż (born 1983), Polish ski jumper * Rafał A. Ziemkiewicz (born 1964), Polish fiction author and journalist * Rafał Andraszak (born 1978), Polish footballer *Rafał Augustyn (composer) (born 1951), composer of classical music, pianist, music critic, writer and scholar of Polish philology *Rafał Augustyn (racewalker) (born 1984), Polish race walker * Rafał Berliński (born 1976), Polish footballer *Rafał Blechacz (born 1985), Polish classical pianist * Rafał Boguski (born 1984), Polish footballer *Rafał Bruski (born 1962), Polish politician, president of Bydgoszcz (2010) *Rafał Brzozowski (born 1981), Polish singer and TV presenter, represented Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 * Rafał Dębski (born 1969), Polish writer of fantasy, historic, sensational and criminal novels * Rafał de Weryha-Wysoczański, Ph.D., (born 1975), Polish art historian, gene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tkacz Iluzji
Tkacz is a Polish occupational surname meaning "weaver". Notable people with this surname include: * Andrzej Tkacz (born 1946), Polish ice hockey player * Dawid Tkacz, Polish footballer * Małgorzata Tkacz-Janik (born 1965), Polish feminist and politician * Nathaniel Tkacz, academic * Wojciech Tkacz (born 1969), Polish ice hockey player * Virlana Tkacz (born 1952), American theatre director See also * * Tkaczyk {{surname Polish-language surnames Occupational surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ewa Białołęcka
Ewa Białołęcka (born 14 December 1967 in Elbląg) is a Polish fantasy Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction involving magical elements, typically set in a fictional universe and sometimes inspired by mythology and folklore. Its roots are in oral traditions, which then became fantasy literature and d ... writer. She currently lives in Gdańsk. Her literary debut was her short story ''Wariatka'' (Madwoman), published in 1993. Since then she has written more than a dozen short stories, two of which, ''Tkacz Iluzji'' (''Weaver of Illusions'') (1994) and ''Błękit Maga'' (''Magician's Blue'') (1997) were awarded with the Janusz A. Zajdel Award, and another, ''Nocny śpiewak'' (''The Night Singer''), nominated to this award. She also published ''Piołun i miód'' (''Wormwood and Honey''), all of which are part of the ''Kroniki Drugiego Kręgu'' (''The Chronicles of the Second Circle'') series. In 2005, she published ''Naznaczeni błękitem'' (''Marked with Blue' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krew Elfów
''Blood of Elves'' ( pl, Krew elfów),the first novel in ''The Witcher'' series, was written by the Polish fantasy writer Andrzej Sapkowski. It was first published in Poland in 1994,and is a sequel to the ''Witcher ''short stories collected in the books, '' "The Last Wish",''and ''" Sword of Destiny".'' It is followed by , "''Time of Contempt"''. "Blood of Elves", won the Janusz A. Zajdel Award in 1994, and the David Gemmell Legend Award in 2009. An English translation was published in the United Kingdom in 2008 (Gollancz), and in the United States in 2009 (Orbit). Plot About a year before the beginning of the novel, the Empire of Nilfgaard attacks the Kingdom of Cintra. Queen Calanthe, mortally wounded, commits suicide and her granddaughter, Cirilla, nicknamed Ciri, flees from the burning capital city. Emhyr var Emreis, Emperor of Nilfgaard, sends his spies to find her, as, in addition to her royal lineage, Ciri has elf, elven blood, giving her immense magical potential. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
W Leju Po Bombie
W, or w, is the twenty-third and fourth-to-last letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. It represents a consonant, but in some languages it represents a vowel. Its name in English is ''double-u'',Pronounced in formal situations, but colloquially often , , or , with a silent ''l''. plural ''double-ues''. History The classical Latin alphabet, from which the modern European alphabets derived, did not have the "W' character. The "W" sounds were represented by the Latin letter " V" (at the time, not yet distinct from " U"). The sounds (spelled ) and (spelled ) of Classical Latin developed into a bilabial fricative between vowels in Early Medieval Latin. Therefore, no longer adequately represented the labial-velar approximant sound of Germanic phonology. The Germanic phoneme was therefore written as or ( and becoming distinct only by the Early Modern period) by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miecz Przeznaczenia
''Sword of Destiny'' ( pl, Miecz przeznaczenia) is the second published short story collection in Polish fantasy writer Andrzej Sapkowski's ''The Witcher'' series. Although published in 1992, it is officially considered the second entry in the series, behind ''The Last Wish'', which was published the following year. ''Sword of Destiny'' was first published in English in the UK by Gollancz in 2015. The anthology consists of six stories, loosely linked in chronology. They introduce characters that become major players in the later novels, which began with 1994's ''Blood of Elves'' and are known as ''The Witcher Saga''. The titular story, "The Sword of Destiny", introduces the character of Ciri. The following story, "Something More", is a direct prequel to the novels. Plot "" Geralt of Rivia meets the traveling knight Borch "Three Jackdaws" and his Zerrikanian bodyguards Tea and Vea, who seek a green dragon. Although Geralt is a Witcher, a professional monster slayer, he expla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Król Bezmiarów
Krol is a surname of several possible origins. It may be a Dutch surname. It originally was a nickname of someone with curly hair (''krul'' still means "curl" in Modern Dutch). at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands The name may also be a simplification of the Polish surname ''Król'', the Belarusian/Ukrainian surname ''Krol Krol * Aaron Krol (1964-2011), Computer Programmer * (1920–2015), German horn player and composer * |
