Andrzej Sapkowski (; born 21 June 1948) is a Polish
fantasy
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writer
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,
essayist
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,
translator
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and a trained
economist
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The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy. Within this ...
. He is best known for his six-volume series of books ''
The Witcher
''The Witcher'' ( pl, Wiedźmin ) is a series of six fantasy novels and 15 short stories written by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski. The series revolves around the eponymous "witcher", Geralt of Rivia. In Sapkowski's works, "witchers" are bea ...
'', which revolves around the eponymous "witcher," a monster-hunter,
Geralt of Rivia
Geralt of Rivia ( pl, Geralt z Rivii) is a fiction
Fiction is any creative work, chiefly any narrative work, portraying individuals, events, or places that are imaginary, or in ways that are imaginary. Fictional portrayals are thus inconsist ...
. It began with the publication of ''
Blood of Elves
''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 t ...
'' (1994) and was completed with the publication of standalone prequel novel ''
Season of Storms
''Season of Storms'' (Polish original title: ''Sezon burz'') is the sixth novel and eighth overall book in the '' Witcher'' series written by Polish fantasy writer Andrzej Sapkowski, first published in Poland in 2013. It is not a sequel to the o ...
'' (2013). The saga has been popularised through television, cinema, stage, comic books, computer games and translated into 37 languages making him the second most-translated Polish
science fiction
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and fantasy writer after
Stanisław Lem
Stanisław Herman Lem (; 12 September 1921 – 27 March 2006) was a Polish writer of science fiction and essays on various subjects, including philosophy, futurology, and literary criticism. Many of his science fiction stories are of satirical ...
.
He was born in
Łódź
Łódź, also rendered in English as Lodz, is a city in central Poland and a former industrial centre. It is the capital of Łódź Voivodeship, and is located approximately south-west of Warsaw. The city's coat of arms is an example of canti ...
and initially pursued a career as an economist after graduating from the
University of Łódź
The University of Łódź (Polish: ''Uniwersytet Łódzki'', Latin: ''Universitas Lodziensis'') is a public research university founded in 1945 in Łódź, Poland, as a continuation of three higher education institutions functioning in Łódź in ...
. He turned to writing, first as a translator and later as an author of fantasy books, following the success of his first short story ''The Witcher'' published in 1986 in the ''Fantastyka'' magazine.
Described as the "Polish
Tolkien
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (, ; 3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English writer and philologist. He was the author of the high fantasy works ''The Hobbit'' and ''The Lord of the Rings''.
From 1925 to 1945, Tolkien was the Rawlins ...
", he wrote 10 novels and 8 short story collections, which sold over 30 million copies worldwide. The influence of
Slavic mythology
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is seen as a characteristic feature of many of his works. He is a five-time recipient of the
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 chose ...
, Poland's most popular science fiction and fantasy prize, as well as many other awards and honours including
David Gemmell Award,
World Fantasy Life Achievement Award and the
Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis
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.
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Early life
He was born on 21 June 1948 in
Łódź
Łódź, also rendered in English as Lodz, is a city in central Poland and a former industrial centre. It is the capital of Łódź Voivodeship, and is located approximately south-west of Warsaw. The city's coat of arms is an example of canti ...
. His father served in the
Polish People's Army
The Polish People's Army ( pl, Ludowe Wojsko Polskie , LWP) constituted the second formation of the Polish Armed Forces in the East in 1943–1945, and in 1945–1989 the armed forces of the Polish communist state ( from 1952, the Polish Peo ...
and participated in the
Battle of Berlin
The Battle of Berlin, designated as the Berlin Strategic Offensive Operation by the Soviet Union, and also known as the Fall of Berlin, was one of the last major offensives of the European theatre of World War II.
After the Vistula– ...
. After the end of
World War II
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, his parents lived near
Nowa Sól
Nowa Sól is a city on the Oder River in Lubusz Voivodeship, western Poland. It is the capital of Nowa Sól County and had a population of 38,763 (2019).
History
The first settlement in the region of modern Nowa Sól dates to the 14th century, wh ...
before settling in Łódź in Central Poland. He attended the
Bolesław Prus
Aleksander Głowacki (20 August 1847 – 19 May 1912), better known by his pen name Bolesław Prus (), was a Polish novelist, a leading figure in the history of Polish literature and philosophy, as well as a distinctive voice in world lit ...
High School No. 21. He also studied
economics
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Economics focuses on the behaviour and intera ...
at the
University of Łódź
The University of Łódź (Polish: ''Uniwersytet Łódzki'', Latin: ''Universitas Lodziensis'') is a public research university founded in 1945 in Łódź, Poland, as a continuation of three higher education institutions functioning in Łódź in ...
, and before turning to writing, he had worked as a senior
sales representative
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The seller, or the provider of the Goods and services, goods or services, c ...
for a foreign trade company. He started his literary career as a translator, in particular, of science fiction. Among the first works translated by him was ''The Words of Guru'' by
Cyril M. Kornbluth
Cyril M. Kornbluth (July 2, 1923 – March 21, 1958) was an American science fiction author and a member of the Futurians. He used a variety of pen-names, including Cecil Corwin, S. D. Gottesman, Edward J. Bellin, Kenneth Falconer, W ...
.
Career
Major works
He says he wrote his first
short story
A short story is a piece of prose fiction that typically can be read in one sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a single effect or mood. The short story is one of the oldest ...
, ''
The Witcher
''The Witcher'' ( pl, Wiedźmin ) is a series of six fantasy novels and 15 short stories written by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski. The series revolves around the eponymous "witcher", Geralt of Rivia. In Sapkowski's works, "witchers" are bea ...
'' ("Wiedźmin", also translated "The Hexer" or "Spellmaker"), on a whim, in order to enter a contest by Polish science fiction and fantasy magazine ''
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 , u ...
''. In an interview, he said that being a businessman at the time and thus familiar with marketing, he knew how to sell, and indeed, he won third prize. The story was published in ''Fantastyka'' in 1986 and was enormously successful both with readers and critics. Sapkowski has created a
cycle of tales based on the world of "The Witcher", comprising three collections of short stories and six novels. This cycle and his other works have made him one of the best-known
fantasy author
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A
...
s in Poland in the 1990s.
[
The main character of "The Witcher" is ]Geralt of Rivia
Geralt of Rivia ( pl, Geralt z Rivii) is a fiction
Fiction is any creative work, chiefly any narrative work, portraying individuals, events, or places that are imaginary, or in ways that are imaginary. Fictional portrayals are thus inconsist ...
, a monster hunter trained for this since childhood. Geralt exists in a morally ambiguous 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
Raymond Thornton Chandler (July 23, 1888 – March 26, 1959) was an American-British novelist and screenwriter. In 1932, at the age of forty-four, Chandler became a detective fiction writer after losing his job as an oil company executive durin ...
's signature character Philip Marlowe
Philip Marlowe () is a fictional character created by Raymond Chandler, who was characteristic of the hardboiled crime fiction genre. The hardboiled crime fiction genre originated in the 1920s, notably in ''Black Mask'' magazine, in which Dashiel ...
.[ Marek Oramus ]
Jedynie słuszny wizerunek wiedźmina
', Polityka – nr 36 (2261) from 2000-09-02; pp. 52–54 The world in which these adventures take place is heavily influenced by Slavic mythology
Slavic mythology or Slavic religion is the religious beliefs, myths, and ritual practices of the Slavs before Christianisation, which occurred at various stages between the 8th and the 13th century. The South Slavs, who likely settled in the B ...
.
In her review of ''Blood of Elves
''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 t ...
'', Alice Wybrew of ''Total Sci-Fi'' writes that "Moving effortlessly between moments of wrought emotion and staggeringly effective action, to lengthy periods of political discussion and war stratagems, Sapkowski addresses every aspect of a good fantasy novel eloquently and with ease. His style reads as easily as David Gemmel
David Andrew Gemmell (; 1 August 1948 – 28 July 2006) was a British author of heroic fantasy, best known for his debut novel, ''Legend''. A former journalist and newspaper editor, Gemmell had his first work of fiction published in 1984. H ...
, but hits harder and deeper than his late fantasy comrade. Creating a world that is both familiar and comfortable, it is through his inventive use of character manipulation that he generates a new and realistic experience".
In 2001, he published the ''Manuscript Discovered in a Dragon's Cave'', an original and personal guide to fantasy literature
Fantasy literature is literature set in an imaginary universe, often but not always without any locations, events, or people from the real world. Magic, the supernatural and magical creatures are common in many of these imaginary worlds. Fan ...
. It was written in the form of an encyclopaedia
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and the author discusses in it the history of the literary genre
A literary genre is a category of literature. Genres may be determined by literary technique, tone, content, or length (especially for fiction). They generally move from more abstract, encompassing classes, which are then further sub-divided i ...
, well-known fantasy heroes, descriptions of magic terminology as well as major works of notable writers including J.R.R. Tolkien
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (, ; 3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English writer and philologist. He was the author of the high fantasy works ''The Hobbit'' and ''The Lord of the Rings''.
From 1925 to 1945, Tolkien was the Rawlins ...
's ''The Hobbit
''The Hobbit, or There and Back Again'' is a children's fantasy novel by English author J. R. R. Tolkien. It was published in 1937 to wide critical acclaim, being nominated for the Carnegie Medal and awarded a prize from the '' ...
'' and ''The Lord of the Rings
''The Lord of the Rings'' is an epic high-fantasy novel by English author and scholar J. R. R. Tolkien. Set in Middle-earth, intended to be Earth at some time in the distant past, the story began as a sequel to Tolkien's 1937 children's boo ...
'', Robert E. Howard's '' Conan'', C.S. Lewis
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* Chief Secretary (Hong Kong)
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* Company secretary, a senior position in a private sector company or public se ...
's ''The Chronicles of Narnia
''The Chronicles of Narnia'' is a series of seven high fantasy novels by British author C. S. Lewis. Illustrated by Pauline Baynes and originally published between 1950 and 1956, ''The Chronicles of Narnia'' has been adapted for radio, telev ...
'', Ursula K. Le Guin
Ursula Kroeber Le Guin (; October 21, 1929 – January 22, 2018) was an American author best known for her works of speculative fiction, including science fiction works set in her Hainish universe, and the '' Earthsea'' fantasy series. She was ...
's ''Earthsea
''The Earthsea Cycle'', also known as ''Earthsea'', is a series of high fantasy books written by the American writer Ursula K. Le Guin. Beginning with ''A Wizard of Earthsea'' (1968), ''The Tombs of Atuan'', (1970) and ''The Farthest Shore'' ( ...
'', Roger Zelazny
Roger Joseph Zelazny (May 13, 1937 – June 14, 1995) was an American poet and writer of fantasy and science fiction short stories and novels, best known for ''The Chronicles of Amber''. He won the Nebula Award three times (out of 14 nomin ...
's ''The Chronicles of Amber
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'', J.K. Rowling
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's ''Harry Potter
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'' or George R.R. Martin
George Raymond Richard Martin (born George Raymond Martin; September 20, 1948), also known as GRRM, is an American novelist, screenwriter, television producer and short story writer. He is the author of the series of epic fantasy novels ''A Song ...
's ''A Song of Ice and Fire
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''.
Sapkowski's next book series was '' The Hussite Trilogy'' set in the 15th century at the time of the Hussite Wars
The Hussite Wars, also called the Bohemian Wars or the Hussite Revolution, were a series of civil wars fought between the Hussites and the combined Catholic forces of Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund, the Papacy, European monarchs loyal to the Cat ...
with Reinmar of Bielawa as the main protagonist. Mariusz Czubaj writes:
Although ''The Hussite Trilogy'' proved less popular compared to ''The Witcher'', it has been described as the author's "magnum opus
A masterpiece, ''magnum opus'' (), or ''chef-d’œuvre'' (; ; ) in modern use is a creation that has been given much critical praise, especially one that is considered the greatest work of a person's career or a work of outstanding creativity, ...
". Published between 2002 and 2006, the series was released as an audiobook
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Spoken audio has been available in sc ...
in 2019.
Legal dispute with CD Projekt
In October 2018, he filed a lawsuit against CD Projekt
CD Projekt S.A. () is a Polish video game developer, publisher and distributor based in Warsaw, founded in May 1994 by Marcin Iwiński and Michał Kiciński. Iwiński and Kiciński were video game retailers before they founded the company, whi ...
demanding 60 million zloty ($16.1 million) in royalty payments
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from the company for using the Witcher universe in their computer games. The lawsuit was launched despite the fact that Sapkowski had sold the video game rights to the Witcher for a single sum, rather than through a royalties contract. Sapkowski and his lawyers based their lawsuit on Article 44 of the Copyright and Related Rights Act
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.
CD Projekt released a statement claiming that the author's demands are groundless and that the company had legitimately and legally acquired copyright to Sapkowski's works. His decision was criticized by many commentators and gaming journalists including Dmitry Glukhovsky
Dmitry Alekseyevich Glukhovsky (russian: Дми́трий Алексе́евич Глухо́вский, born 12 June 1979) is a Russian author and journalist best known for the science fiction novel ''Metro 2033'' and its sequels. As a journal ...
, the author of ''Metro 2033 Metro 2033 may refer to:
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* ''Metro 2033'' (video game), a 2010 first-person shooter video game based on the novel
See also
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'', who described him as "an old fool" and noted that without the gaming franchise, the Witcher series "would never get this crazy international readership" and would have remained popular only in Central
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and Eastern Europe
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.
On 20 December 2019, the writer and the company resolved the lawsuit with an amicable settlement. The company stated this deal was made in an effort "to maintain good relations with authors of works which have inspired CD Projekt Red’s own creations." The details of this arrangement weren't made public.
Personal life
Sapkowski resides in his hometown of Łódź
Łódź, also rendered in English as Lodz, is a city in central Poland and a former industrial centre. It is the capital of Łódź Voivodeship, and is located approximately south-west of Warsaw. The city's coat of arms is an example of canti ...
in central Poland. He is an atheist
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. He had a son named Krzysztof (1972–2019), who was an avid reader of the Polish ''Fantastyka'' magazine, and for whom he wrote the first ''Witcher'' story, who has since deceased.
Sapkowski is a member of the Polish Writers' Association
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. In an interview, he mentioned that his favorite writers included Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist. His economical and understated style—which he termed the iceberg theory—had a strong influence on 20th-century fic ...
, Mikhail Bulgakov
Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov ( rus, links=no, Михаил Афанасьевич Булгаков, p=mʲɪxɐˈil ɐfɐˈnasʲjɪvʲɪtɕ bʊlˈɡakəf; – 10 March 1940) was a Soviet writer, medical doctor, and playwright active in the fir ...
, Raymond Chandler
Raymond Thornton Chandler (July 23, 1888 – March 26, 1959) was an American-British novelist and screenwriter. In 1932, at the age of forty-four, Chandler became a detective fiction writer after losing his job as an oil company executive durin ...
and Umberto Eco
Umberto Eco (5 January 1932 – 19 February 2016) was an Italian medievalist, philosopher, semiotician, novelist, cultural critic, and political and social commentator. In English, he is best known for his popular 1980 novel ''The Name of the ...
.
In 2005, Stanisław Bereś
Stanisław Bereś (born 4 May 1950) is a Polish poet, literary critic, translator and literary historian. conducted a lengthy interview with Sapkowski that was eventually published in a book form as ''Historia i fantastyka
''Historia i fantastyka'' (lit. The History and The Fantasy) is a book-length interview of Polish fantasy writer Andrzej Sapkowski
Andrzej Sapkowski (; born 21 June 1948) is a Polish fantasy writer, essayist, translator and a trained economis ...
''
Translations and adaptations of Sapkowski's works
Sapkowski's books have been translated into Bulgarian
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* Bul ...
, Chinese
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, Croatian, Czech
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Places
*Czech, ...
, Dutch
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* Pennsylvania Dutch Country
People E ...
, English
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, Estonian
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, Finnish
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, French
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, Georgian
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**Georgian scripts, three scrip ...
, German
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, Hungarian, Italian
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, Korean
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** ...
, Lithuanian
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, Norwegian
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, Portuguese
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** Portu ...
, Romanian
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**Romanian cuisine, traditional ...
, Russian
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, Serbian, Slovak, Spanish
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, Swedish
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, Turkish
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and Ukrainian
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* So ...
. An English translation of ''The Last Wish
''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 ...
'' short story collection was published by Gollancz in 2007. From 2008, the Witcher saga is published by Gollancz. The English translation of Sapkowski's novel ''Blood of Elves
''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 t ...
'' won the David Gemmell Legend Award The David Gemmell Awards for Fantasy, established in memory of David Gemmell, were awarded from 2009 to 2018. In 2009, only the Legend Award for best fantasy novel was awarded. Beginning in 2010 the Morningstar Award for Best Fantasy Newcomer and th ...
in 2009.
In the years 1993–1995, a six-issue comic book
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series entitled ''The Witcher
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'' was released in the ''Komiks'' magazine by Prószyński i S-ka publishing house
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. The comic was written by Maciej Parowski
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He has been called "a legend of the Polish science fiction and fantasy scene".
Life and ca ...
and illustrated by Bogusław Polch
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. The comics were the first attempt to portray the Witcher universe outside the novels. Since 2014, a comic book series ''The Witcher
''The Witcher'' ( pl, Wiedźmin ) is a series of six fantasy novels and 15 short stories written by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski. The series revolves around the eponymous "witcher", Geralt of Rivia. In Sapkowski's works, "witchers" are bea ...
'' has been published by the American publisher Dark Horse Comics
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. The stories presented in the series are mostly originals, written not by Andrzej Sapkowski but by other writers; the exception being volume 2, Fox Children, which adapted a story from the anthology ''Season of Storms
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''.
In 2001, a television series
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based on the ''Witcher'' cycle was released in Poland and internationally, entitled ''Wiedźmin'' (''The Hexer''). A film by the same title was compiled from excerpts of the television series but both have been critical and box office failures.
In 2009, Russian heavy metal band Esse staged ''The Road with No Return'', a rock opera
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based on the works by Sapkowski. Yevgeny Pronin is the author of the libretto
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and the composer of much of the opera's music. The premiere of the opera took place the same year in Rostov-on-Don
Rostov-on-Don ( rus, Ростов-на-Дону, r=Rostov-na-Donu, p=rɐˈstof nə dɐˈnu) is a port city and the administrative centre of Rostov Oblast and the Southern Federal District of Russia. It lies in the southeastern part of the East Eu ...
and was subsequently released as a DVD in 2012.
The Polish game developer, CD Projekt Red
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, created a role-playing game series based on ''The Witcher'' universe. The first game, titled simply ''The Witcher
''The Witcher'' ( pl, Wiedźmin ) is a series of six fantasy novels and 15 short stories written by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski. The series revolves around the eponymous "witcher", Geralt of Rivia. In Sapkowski's works, "witchers" are bea ...
'', was first released in October 2007. The sequel, '' The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings'' was released in 2011. The third game in the trilogy, '' The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt'', was released in May 2015. The game shipped over 40 million copies, making it one of the best selling video games of all time.
In May 2017, Netflix
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commissioned ''The Witcher
''The Witcher'' ( pl, Wiedźmin ) is a series of six fantasy novels and 15 short stories written by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski. The series revolves around the eponymous "witcher", Geralt of Rivia. In Sapkowski's works, "witchers" are bea ...
'', an English-language adaptation of the book series. ''The Witcher'' television series premiered on Netflix
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on 20 December 2019. Sapkowski served for a while as a creative consultant on the project. The popularity of the Netflix show led to Sapkowski topping Amazon
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's list of best-selling authors ahead of J.K. Rowling
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and Stephen King
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. A spin-off anime '' The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf'', produced by Lauren Schmidt Hissrich
Lauren Schmidt-Hissrich ( ) is an American television producer and screenwriter. She is the series creator of the television series ''The Witcher''.
Early life
She was raised in Westerville, Ohio, and graduated from Wittenberg University in S ...
, premiered in 2021.
In September 2017, a musical
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Musical may also refer to:
* Musical theatre, a performance art that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance
* Musical film and television, a genre of film and television that incorporates into the narr ...
''Wiedźmin'' (The Witcher) directed by Wojciech Kościelniak was premiered at the Musical Theatre in Gdynia
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.
'' The Witcher: Blood Origin'' is an upcoming fantasy
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miniseries created by Declan de Barra
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Music
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and Lauren Schmidt Hissrich adapted from ''The Witcher'' book series which will serve as a prequel to the Netflix television series. It is expected to premiere in December 2022.
Awards and recognition
Sapkowski is a recipient of numerous awards and honours both Polish and foreign including:
*2016: World Fantasy Award—Life Achievement
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for ''The Witcher'' saga
*2012: Tähtifantasia Award Tähtifantasia Award is an annual prize by Helsingin science fiction seura ry for the best foreign fantasy book released in Finland.
Recipients
2015
*(winner) Terry Pratchett: '' FC Akateemiset'' (''Unseen Academicals'', 2009.) Translated by Mi ...
(Finland) for his short story ''Sword of Destiny'' translated from Polish by Tapani Kärkkäinen; Science Fiction & Fantasy Translation Award nomination for his novel ''Spellmaker'', translated from the Polish by Michael Kandel
Michael Kandel (born December 24, 1941 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American translator and author of science fiction.
Biography
Kandel received a doctorate in Slavistics from Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana University. His most rece ...
*2011: FantLab's Book of the Year Award
The FantLab's book of the year award (russian: Книга года по версии Фантлаба) are a set of awards given annually for the best science fiction or fantasy works published in Russia during previous year. The awards are name ...
(Russia) for his short story ''Żmija'' (Viper) in the Best Translated Novella or Short Story category
*2010: European Science Fiction Society
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The organisation was founded at the first Eurocon (Eu ...
"European Grand Master" honorary award
*2009: David Gemmell Legend Award The David Gemmell Awards for Fantasy, established in memory of David Gemmell, were awarded from 2009 to 2018. In 2009, only the Legend Award for best fantasy novel was awarded. Beginning in 2010 the Morningstar Award for Best Fantasy Newcomer and th ...
*2008: Honorary citizenship
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of the city of Łódź
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*2003: Ignotus Award (Spain) for ''The Last Wish'' in the Best Anthology category and for ''Muzykanci'' (The Musicians) in the Best Foreign Short Story category; Nike Award
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nomination (Poland's top literary prize) for his novel '' Narrenturm''
*2002: Janusz A. Zajdel for his novel '' Narrenturm''
*1997: Polityka's Passport award, which is awarded annually to artists who have strong prospects for international success
*1996: European Science Fiction Society
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Hall of Fame: author
*1995: Raczyński Library Award for lifetime achievements
*1994: Janusz A. 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 chose ...
for his novel ''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 t ...
'' (Blood of Elves)
*1993: Ikaros Award (Czech Republic); Janusz A. 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 chose ...
for his short story ''W leju po bombie'' (In a Bomb Crater)
*1992: Janusz A. 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 chose ...
for his short story ''Miecz przeznaczenia
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'' (Sword of Destiny)
*1990: Janusz A. 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 chose ...
for his short story ''Mniejsze zło
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'' (The Lesser of Two Evils)
Orders
*2014: Silver Medal Gloria Artis, conferred by the
Bibliography
The Witcher Saga
Short story collections
*''The Witcher'' ('' pl:Wiedźmin'', 1990), 5 stories. Currently out of print, although 4 of its stories were reprinted in ''The Last Wish'' along with new material, while the fifth story was reprinted in ''Something ends, Something begins'' and ''The Malady and Other Stories''.
*''Sword of Destiny
''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 ...
'' (''Miecz przeznaczenia'', 1992), 6 stories. English edition: 2015
*''The Last Wish
''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 ...
'' (''Ostatnie życzenie'', 1993), 7 stories. English edition: 2007 (in US: 2008). Its stories (including both its original stories and the stories which it republishes from ''The Witcher'') take place before ''Sword of Destiny'' even though it was published later.
*The short story "The Hexer" in the English anthology ''Chosen by Fate: Zajdel Award Winner Anthology'' (by SuperNOVA in cooperation with the Silesian Club of Fantasy Literature, 2000) is an English translation by Agnieszka Fulińska of the short story "The Witcher" which had previously been published in Polish in ''The Witcher'' and ''The Last Wish''. ''The Last Wish'' was later translated into English in full.
*The short story "Spellmaker" in the English anthology ''A Polish Book of Monsters'' (edited and translated by Michael Kandel
Michael Kandel (born December 24, 1941 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American translator and author of science fiction.
Biography
Kandel received a doctorate in Slavistics from Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana University. His most rece ...
, 2010) is another translation of the short story "The Witcher" which had previously been published in ''The Witcher,'' ''The Last Wish,'' and ''Chosen by Fate: Zajdel Award Winner Anthology''.
*''Something Ends, Something Begins'' ('' pl:Coś się kończy, coś się zaczyna'', 2000), 8 stories. Only two of its stories are related to ''The Witcher'' saga ("The Road with No Return" and the titular "Something Ends, Something Begins").
*''The Malady and Other Stories'' ('' :pl:Maladie i inne opowiadania'', 2012), 10 stories. It includes the 8 stories from ''Something ends, Something begins'' plus two new stories that aren't related to ''The Witcher'' saga. The only one of its stories that was translated into English is the titular "The Malady" which was published in 2014 under the title ''The Malady and Other Stories'', although that English publication didn't include the other 9 stories from the Polish collection of the same name.
Pentalogy
*''Blood of Elves
''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 t ...
'' (''Krew elfów'', 1994). English edition: 2009
*''Time of Contempt
''Time of Contempt'' (Polish original title: ''Czas pogardy'', early title was translated less literally as ''Time of Anger'') is the second novel in the Witcher Saga written by Polish fantasy writer Andrzej Sapkowski, first published 1995 in Po ...
'' (''Czas pogardy'', 1995). English edition: 27 June 2013
*''Baptism of Fire
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It also has related meanings in military history and popular culture.
Christianity
The term ''baptis ...
'' (''Chrzest ognia'', 1996). English edition: 6 March 2014
*''The Tower of Swallows
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'' (''Wieża Jaskółki'', 1997). English edition: May 2016
*''Lady of the Lake
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'' (''Pani Jeziora'', 1999). English edition: 14 March 2017
Standalone Prequel novel
* ''Season of Storms
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'' (''Sezon burz'', 2013). English edition: 22 May 2018 – set between the short stories in ''The Last Wish''
''
Hussite Trilogy
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''
*''The Tower of Fools
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'' (''Narrenturm'', 2002). English edition: 2020
*'' Warriors of God'' (''Boży bojownicy'', 2004)
*''Light Perpetual
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'' (''Lux perpetua'', 2006)
Other novels
*''Viper'' (''Żmija'', 2009), a stand-alone novel set during the Soviet–Afghan War
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Other works
*''The Eye of Yrrhedes'' (''Oko Yrrhedesa'', 1995), roleplaying game
*''The World of King Arthur. Maladie'' (''Świat króla Artura. Maladie'', 1995), essay and an illustrated short story set in Arthurian mythology
*''Manuscript Discovered in a Dragon's Cave'' (''Rękopis znaleziony w Smoczej Jaskini'', 2001), fantasy
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encyclopedic compendium
See also
*Polish literature
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*Science fiction and fantasy in Poland
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Pol ...
*List of Polish writers
Notable Polish novelists, poets, playwrights, historians and philosophers, listed in chronological order by year of birth:
* (''ca.''1465–after 1529) Biernat of Lublin
* (1482–1537) Andrzej Krzycki
* (1503–1572) Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski
...
*Stanisław Lem
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*Jacek Dukaj
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Career
He was born on 30 July 1974 in ...
*Janusz A. 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 chose ...
* Toss a Coin to Your Witcher
*'' Gwent: The Witcher Card Game''
*'' The Witcher: Monster Slayer''
References
External links
Andrzej Sapkowski's official site
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