The influence of Slavic mythology is seen as a characteristic feature of many of his works. He turned to writing, first as a translator and later as an author of fantasy books, following the success of his first short story The Witcher published in 1986 in the Fantastyka magazine.ĭescribed as the 'Polish Tolkien', he wrote 10 novels and 8 short story collections, which sold over 30 million copies worldwide. He was born in Łódź and initially pursued a career as an economist after graduating from the University of Łódź. The saga has been popularised through television, cinema, stage, comic books, video games and translated into 37 languages making him the second most-translated Polish science fiction and fantasy writer after Stanisław Lem. It began with the publication of Blood of Elves (1994) and was completed with the publication of standalone prequel novel Season of Storms (2013).

He is best known for his six-volume series of books The Witcher, which revolves around the eponymous 'witcher,' a monster-hunter, Geralt of Rivia.

Medal for Merit to Culture - Gloria ArtisĪndrzej Sapkowski ( Polish: born 21 June 1948) is a Polish fantasy writer, essayist, translator and a trained economist.

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