Stanislaw Lem
Polish writer of science fiction
Born on: September 12, 1921Died on: March 27, 2006
Aged: 84 years 196 days (1014 months)
Nationality: Polish
Birth Sign: Virgo
Stanisław Herman Lem 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.
Worldwide, he is best known as the author of the 1961 novel Solaris. In 1976, Theodore Sturgeon wrote that Lem was the most widely read science fiction writer in the world.
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