Who is Andrzej Sapkowski and what did he do?

Who is Andrzej Sapkowski and what did he do?

Andrzej Sapkowski was born in Poland in 1948. He is a major heroic-fantasy writer: his oeuvre has received Poland’s Janusz A. Zajdel prize five times, as well as Great Britain’s David Gemmell Award for Fantasy, in 2009. In 2016, he received the World Fantasy Award—Life Achievement in the United States.

When did Andrzej Sapkowski write The Witcher?

Sapkowski studied economics and, before turning to writing, he worked as a senior sales representative for a foreign trade company. His first short story, ” The Witcher ” (“Wiedźmin”), was published in Fantastyka, Poland’s leading fantasy literary magazine, in 1986 and was enormously successful both with readers and critics.

How old was Andrzej Sapkowski when he wrote wiedzmin?

Andrzej Sapkowski was 38 years old when he wrote a short story called “Wiedźmin” (“The Witcher”) and submitted it to a short-story contest in Fantastyka (the only sci-fi and fantasy magazine in Poland at the time). That was in 1986, when Poland was still behind the Iron Curtain, and Heroic Fantasy was a derided genre.

When did Andrzej Sapkowski start writing fantasy books?

Winning third place in a short story writing competition in 1986, a contest which Andrzej Sapkowski apparently entered upon a whim by his own volition, he was soon well on his way to becoming a highly regarded and successful fantasy author.

When was The Witcher by Andrzej Sapkowski published?

The story was published in Fantastyka in 1986 and was enormously successful both with readers and critics. Sapkowski has created a cycle of tales based on the world of “The Witcher”, comprising three collections of short stories and six novels.

Who are the main characters in Narrenturm by Andrzej Sapkowski?

Andrzej Sapkowski launched with Narrenturm a new trilogy, this time a historical fantasy set during the vibrantly depicted Hussite wars. The hero of the trilogy is Reinmar of Bielau, called Reynevan. He is a learned herbalist and medic, a somewhat naive, yet extremely likeable youth.