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

in Kraków and an award-winning science fiction and 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 in 1991 for a short story ''Kara większa'' and in 1997 for his

novel A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, typically written in prose and published as a book. The present English word for a long work of prose fiction derives from the for "new", "news", or "short story of something new", itsel ...

''Gniazdo Światów''.

Works

Novels

*'' Gniazdo światów'' (Nest of Worlds) (NOWA 2000) (English translation by Michael Kandel, 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 Michael Kandel on Words without Borders; in ''A Polish Book of Monsters'' (New York: PIASA Books, 2010) *"Balm of a Long Farewell" translated by Michael Kandel on Words without Borders

External links

Michael Kandel, Climbing with Huberath

story '"Yoo Retoont, Sneogg. Ay Noo." in English
translated by Michael Kandel
story "Balm of a Long Farewell." in English
translated by Michael Kandel 1954 births Living people Academic staff of Jagiellonian University Polish fantasy writers 20th-century Polish physicists Polish science fiction writers {{physicist-stub