WRITER

Stanisław Lem

1921 - 2006

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Stanisław Herman Lem (Polish: [staˈɲiswaf ˈlɛm] ; 12 September 1921 – 27 March 2006) was a Polish writer. He was the author of many novels, short stories, and essays on various subjects, including philosophy, futurology, and literary criticism. Many of his science fiction stories are of satirical and humorous character. Lem's books have been translated into more than 50 languages and have sold more than 45 million copies. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Stanisław Lem is the 223rd most popular writer (down from 188th in 2019), the 22nd most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 18th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Ukrainian Writer.

Stanisław Lem is most famous for his science fiction novels, which are often philosophical and humorous.

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Among writers, Stanisław Lem ranks 223 out of 7,302. Before him are Janusz Korczak, Constantine VII, Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Torquato Tasso, Chinghiz Aitmatov, and Lu Xun. After him are Anacreon, Annie Ernaux, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Tristan Tzara, Isaac Bashevis Singer, and John the Evangelist.

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Among people born in 1921, Stanisław Lem ranks 11. Before him are Jean-Bédel Bokassa, Michael I of Romania, Kocheril R. Narayanan, Suharto, Andrei Sakharov, and Astor Piazzolla. After him are Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Yves Montand, Fahd of Saudi Arabia, Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Hua Guofeng, and Rosalyn Sussman Yalow. Among people deceased in 2006, Stanisław Lem ranks 9. Before him are Saparmurat Niyazov, Slobodan Milošević, Augusto Pinochet, Naguib Mahfouz, Raymond Davis Jr., and Gerald Ford. After him are Milton Friedman, Alfredo Stroessner, Owen Chamberlain, James Brown, Syd Barrett, and György Ligeti.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Stanisław Lem ranks 22 out of 1,365. Before him are Ilya Repin (1844), Taras Shevchenko (1814), Hafsa Sultan (1479), Joseph Conrad (1857), Helena Blavatsky (1831), and Svetlana Alexievich (1948). After him are Viktor Yushchenko (1954), Leonid Kuchma (1938), Élie Metchnikoff (1845), Ivan Mazepa (1639), Stanisław Leszczyński (1677), and Anna Akhmatova (1889).

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Among WRITERS In Ukraine

Among writers born in Ukraine, Stanisław Lem ranks 6. Before him are Nikolai Gogol (1809), Mikhail Bulgakov (1891), Taras Shevchenko (1814), Joseph Conrad (1857), and Svetlana Alexievich (1948). After him are Anna Akhmatova (1889), Leopold von Sacher-Masoch (1836), Joseph Roth (1894), Sholem Aleichem (1859), Lesya Ukrainka (1871), and Isaac Babel (1894).

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