Eugeniusz Dębski (b. 26 January 1952; sometimes referred to as ''EuGeniusz'', a word-play coined after the Polish word for

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) is a Polish

science-fiction Science fiction (often shortened to sci-fi or abbreviated SF) is a genre of speculative fiction that deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts. These concepts may include information technology and robotics, biological manipulations, sp ...

writer and translator of Russian literature. Born in

Truskavets Truskavets (, ; ) is a city in Drohobych Raion, western Ukraine's Lviv Oblast (region), near the border with Poland. It hosts the administration of Truskavets urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. The population is approximately Tru ...

(then in

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), early in his life he moved to

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to settle in

Wrocław Wrocław is a city in southwestern Poland, and the capital of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. It is the largest city and historical capital of the region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the Oder River in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Eu ...

where he graduated from the Russian faculty of

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. He is known primarily as the author of numerous novels (mostly science fiction and fantasy), and several hundred short stories, published in Polish journals including ''

Fantastyka ''Nowa Fantastyka'' (established as ''Fantastyka'' in 1982, renamed in 1990) is a Polish speculative fiction monthly fantasy and science fiction magazine. It is the leading and oldest of the Polish magazines on this topic. History ''Fantastyk ...

'', ''

Nowa Fantastyka ''Nowa Fantastyka'' (established as ''Fantastyka'' in 1982, renamed in 1990) is a Polish speculative fiction monthly fantasy and science fiction magazine. It is the leading and oldest of the Polish magazines on this topic. History ''Fantastyk ...

'', ''

Science Fiction Science fiction (often shortened to sci-fi or abbreviated SF) is a genre of speculative fiction that deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts. These concepts may include information technology and robotics, biological manipulations, space ...

'', '' Fenix'' and ''Portal''. Dębski translated and published a large part of the Russian classics of science fiction, from

Kir Bulychov Kir Bulychev (; 18 October 1934 – 5 September 2003) was a pen name of Igor Vsevolodovich Mozheiko (И́горь Все́володович Може́йко), a Soviet Russian science fiction writer, critic, translator and historian. His magnum ...

, through Nikolai Perumov, Vladimir Vasiliev,

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, to Kirill Yeskov. Four times nominated to the Janusz A. Zajdel Award, he was also awarded the

Śląkfa Śląkfa is the oldest Polish science fiction and fantasy award, although less known than the Janusz A. Zajdel Award. It is awarded by the Silesian Fantasy Club (), the oldest of still-active Polish fandom A fandom is a subculture compos ...

, as well as two prizes created for him by fans: the Mątwa and the Srebrna Muszla. He was one of the creators and the chief editor (2002–2004) of ''

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'', the first Polish

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Eugeniusz Dębski - authorized page
1952 births Living people Polish fantasy writers Polish science fiction writers Polish male short story writers Polish male writers Polish translators {{Poland-writer-stub