Witold Chmielecki (1 June 1966 – 14 October 2022), better known by the pseudonym of Feliks Wiktor Kres, was a Polish fantasy writer.
Life
He debuted with his short story "Mag" (''Mage''), submitted to a writing contest of the ''
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 ...
'' magazine. Kres subsequently published seven novels and dozens of short stories. His pseudonym may be translated as "lucky (or happy) end" – "Felix" in Latin means lucky and "kres" means "the end" in Polish.
Kres 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 ...
in 1966. He became best known for his two fantasy cycles - ''Księga całości'' (''The Book of Entirety''), which takes place in a world called
Szerer, where intelligence, in addition to humans, was given also to
cats and
vulture
A vulture is a bird of prey that scavenges on carrion. There are 23 extant species of vulture (including Condors). Old World vultures include 16 living species native to Europe, Africa, and Asia; New World vultures are restricted to North and ...
s, and ''Piekło i szpada'' (''Hell and épée''), dark fantasy set in an alternative 17th century, with demons and beings older than
Satan
Satan,, ; grc, ὁ σατανᾶς or , ; ar, شيطانالخَنَّاس , also known as Devil in Christianity, the Devil, and sometimes also called Lucifer in Christianity, is an non-physical entity, entity in the Abrahamic religions ...
himself. His works have been translated into
Czech,
Russian and
Spanish.
For several years he ran a guide for young writers in the magazines ''
Fenix
Fenix, Fénix (Spanish and Portuguese) and Fênix (Brazilian Portuguese) all mean Phoenix (mythology), phoenix and may refer to:
Business
* Fenix Automotive, a British supercar manufacturer founded by Lee Noble in 2009
* Fénix Directo, a Spanish ...
'', ''
Magia i Miecz
''Magia i Miecz'' (Polish language, Polish for: ''Magic and Sword'') was the first Role-playing game, RPG-oriented magazine in Poland. Started in 1993, it ceased publishing in 2002 after 103 issues. The publisher was Wydawnictwo MAG. Tomasz Kołod ...
'', and ''
Science Fiction
Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel unive ...
''.
Kres died on 14 October 2022, at the age of 56.
Publications
Księga całości (''Book of the Entirety'')
* Północna granica (''Northern Frontier'')
* Król Bezmiarów (''King of Infinite Space'')
* Grombelardzka legenda (''Grombelardian Legend'')
* Pani Dobrego Znaku (''Lady of the Good Mark'')
* Porzucone królestwo (''Abandoned Kingdom'')
* Tarcza Szerni (''Shield of the Shern'')
* Żeglarze i jeźdźcy (''Sailors and Riders'')
Zjednoczone królestwa (''United Kingdoms'')
* Strażniczka istnień (''Guardian of Beings'')
* Piekło i szpada (''Hell and épée'')
* Klejnot i wachlarz (''Jewel and fan'')
References
* Katarzyna Rodek
Feliks W. Kres
External links
Google books:Feliks W. Kres*
Official homepage
1966 births
2022 deaths
Polish fantasy writers
20th-century Polish writers
21st-century Polish writers
Writers from Łódź
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