Marek S. Huberath (pen name, born 1954) is a Polish

professor Professor (commonly abbreviated as Prof.) is an Academy, academic rank at university, universities and other post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries. Literally, ''professor'' derives from Latin as a "person who pr ...

physics Physics is the natural science that studies matter, its fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge which r ...

in the

Jagiellonian University The Jagiellonian University (Polish: ''Uniwersytet Jagielloński'', UJ) is a public research university in Kraków, Poland. Founded in 1364 by King Casimir III the Great, it is the oldest university in Poland and the 13th oldest university in ...

Kraków Kraków (), or Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city dates back to the seventh century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 1596 ...

and an award-winning

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and

fantasy Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction involving Magic (supernatural), 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 ...

writer. His themes are philosophical, moral, and religious: how people become beasts or remain human in extreme circumstances. Many of his stories focus on death. Winner 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 ...

in 1991 for a

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''Kara większa'' and in 1997 for his

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''Gniazdo Światów''.

Works

Novels

*'' Gniazdo światów'' (Nest of Worlds) (NOWA 2000) (English translation 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 ...

, Restless Books 2014) *''Miasta pod skałą'' (Cities under the Rock) (Wydawnictwo Literackie 2005) *''Vatran Auraio'' (Wydawnictwo Literackie 2010) *''Zachodni portal Katedry w Lugdunum'' (Western Portal of the Cathedral in Lugdunum) (Wydawnictwo Literackie 2012)

Short story collections

*''Ostatni, którzy wyszli z raju'' (The Last to Leave Paradise) (Zysk i S-ka 1996) *''Druga podobizna w alabastrze'' (Second Image in Alabaster) (Zysk i S-ka 1997) *''Balsam długiego pożegnania'' (Balm of Long Farewell) (Wydawnictwo Literackie 2006)

Short stories

*"Yoo Retoont, Sneogg. Ay Noo" translated by

on Words without Borders; in ''A Polish Book of Monsters'' (New York: PIASA Books, 2010) *"Balm of a Long Farewell" translated by

on Words without Borders

External links

Michael Kandel, Climbing with Huberath

story '"Yoo Retoont, Sneogg. Ay Noo." in English
translated by

story "Balm of a Long Farewell." in English
translated by

1954 births Living people Academic staff of Jagiellonian University Polish fantasy writers 20th-century Polish physicists Polish science fiction writers {{physicist-stub