STANISŁAW
LEM
Back

The lemological congress

Lem in the canon of 20th-century culture. Lem amongst his friends. Lem as the creator of disturbingly human robots. Lem as an automobile constructor. Lem as a writer who transcoded difficult parts of his biography into his novels. And Lem as a thinker whose outlook was less than optimistic.

We present the voices of literary scholars, biographers and those who were close friends and acquaintances of the writer. We invite everyone to participate in the Lemological Congress.

It's no secret that all of my father's books were first read by my mother. She was their first critical reader. (Tomasz Lem, PR, 2010)00:00

01

FRIENDS & ACQUAINTANCES

  • Ewa
    Lipska
    Poet, co-author - together with Stanisław Lem and Tomasz Lem - of the book "Boli tylko, gdy się śmieję... Listy i rozmowy".

    Ewa Lipska about a car constructed by Lem (PR, 2015)00:00

  • Aleksander
    Ścibor-Rylski
    Writer, director and screenwriter, co-creator of such films as "The Ashes", "Man of Marble" and "Man of Iron".

    Aleksander Ścibor-Rylski on Lem’s typical working day (PR, 1975)00:00

  • Władysław
    Bartoszewski
    Historian, publicist, social activist, politician and diplomat

    Władysław Bartoszewski on Lem's pessimism (PR, 2006)00:00

02

THE COGNOSCENTI

  • prof. Jerzy
    Jarzębski
    Literary critic, literary historian, author of the book "Wszechświat Lema"

    Jerzy Jarzębski on Lem's combination of science and humanities (PR, 1990)00:00

  • prof. Jacek
    Kopciński
    Literary historian, theatre critic

    Jacek Kopciński on the autobiographical decoding of Lem's novels (PR, 2021)00:00

  • Wojciech
    Orliński
    Journalist and writer, author of the lexicon "Co to są sepulki? Wszystko o Lemie" and the biography "Lem. Życie nie z tej ziemi"

    Wojciech Orliński on Lem's love of technology and the accuracy of his predictions (PR, 2017)00:00