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Andrzej Sapkowski
Andrzej Sapkowski is a Polish fantasy writer. He is best known for his series of books The Witcher, which revolves around the eponymous monster hunter, or "witcher", Geralt of Rivia. The saga has been popularized through video games, television, stage, comic books and translated into 37 languages, making him the second most-translated Polish science fiction and fantasy writer after Stanisław Lem.
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culture · Polish fantasy writer · writer · translator · also Andrzej Sapkowski, Sapkowski
Born 21 June 1948 · Q312101
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2025· 2 entries
Adapting the short story "A Little Sacrifice" from the collection Sword of Destiny
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2024· 3 entries
Comicbook.com: Andrzej Sapkowski Reveals Title and Setting of New Witcher Book
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culture.pl: Manuscript Discovered in a Dragon's Cave - Andrzej Sapkowski
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IGN: Andrzej Sapkowski's New Witcher Book Is Finished
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2022· 1 entry
Publishers Weekly: Books by Andrzej Sapkowski and Complete Book Reviews
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2021· 1 entry
The Cheat Sheet: ‘The Witcher’ Showrunner Leaves the Fate of the Series up to Andrzej Sapkowski: ‘I Just Don’t Feel the Need for Us to Keep Creating Stories’
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2016· 1 entry
Awarded World Fantasy Awards (2016).
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2012· 2 entries
Won Silver Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis (2012).
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Awarded Tähtifantasia Award (2012).
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2011· 1 entry
Awarded FantLab's Book of the Year Award (2011).
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2009· 2 entries
Awarded David Gemmell Legend Awards (2009).
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Russian heavy metal band Esse staged The Road with No Return, a rock opera based on the works by Sapkowski
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2008· 1 entry
Awarded honorary citizen of Łódź (2008).
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2007· 1 entry
Awarded Sphinx Award (2007).
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2005· 3 entries
Awarded Sphinx Award (2005).
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In 2005, Stanisław Bereś conducted a lengthy interview with Sapkowski that was eventually published in a book form as Historia i fantastyka.
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Stanisław Bereś conducted a lengthy interview with Sapkowski that was eventually published in a book form as Historia i fantastyka
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2004· 1 entry
Awarded City of Łódź Award (2004).
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2003· 2 entries
Awarded Ignotus Award for Best Anthology for The Last Wish (2003).
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Awarded Ignotus Awards (2003).
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2002· 1 entry
Awarded Janusz A. Zajdel Award (2002).
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2001· 2 entries
Published the Manuscript Found in a Dragon's Cave, an original and personal guide to fantasy literature
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A television series based on the Witcher cycle was released in Poland and internationally, entitled Wiedźmin (The Hexer)
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2000· 2 entries
Awarded Sphinx Award (2000).
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In a small press anthology Chosen by Fate
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1998· 1 entry
Awarded Sphinx Award (1998).
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1997· 2 entries
Awarded Paszport Polityki (1997).
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Awarded Sphinx Award (1997).
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1995· 1 entry
Awarded Sphinx Award (1995).
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1994· 1 entry
Awarded Janusz A. Zajdel Award (1994).
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1993· 1 entry
Awarded Janusz A. Zajdel Award (1993).
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1992· 1 entry
Awarded Janusz A. Zajdel Award (1992).
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1990· 2 entries
Awarded Janusz A. Zajdel Story Award for The Lesser Evil (1990).
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Awarded Janusz A. Zajdel Award (1990).
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1988· 7 entries
“Opis: rozmowa Nenneke i Geralta.”
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“Opis: rozmowa Jaskra i Geralta.”
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“Opis: Geralt do Nenneke, która sugerowała by przestał być wiedźminem.”
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“The sword of destiny has two edges. You are one of them.”
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“Opis: Geralt w rozmowie z Iolą.”
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“Rycerz bez blizny to kutas, nie rycerz!”
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“Opis: Jaskier do Geralta.”
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1986· 1 entry
And was enormously successful both with readers and critics
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1972· 1 entry
Studied at University of Łódź (1972).
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1948· 1 entry
Born 1948-06-21.
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