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Andrzej Sapkowski

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Polish novelist (born 1948)

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Andrzej Sapkowski is a Polish novelist born in 1948 who is best known for creating The Witcher series, a fantasy saga that has become hugely popular worldwide through books, video games, and television adaptations. His work is significant because it demonstrated how Polish fantasy literature could achieve international acclaim and has influenced popular culture across multiple media formats.

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Born
21 June 1948
Works
171

Top works

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  • Season of Storms

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5,522
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259,199

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  • During his life, the witcher had met thieves who looked like town councillors, councillors who looked like beggars, harlots who looked like princesses, princesses who looked like calving cows, and kings who looked like thieves.
  • “People," Geralt turned his head, "like to invent monsters and monstrosities. Then they seem less monstrous themselves. When they get blind-drunk, cheat, steal, beat their wives, starve an old woman, when they kill a trapped fox with an axe or riddle the last existing unicorn with arrows, they like to think that the Bane entering cottages at daybreak is more monstrous than they are. They feel better then. They find it easier to live.”
  • The sword of destiny has two edges. You are one of them.

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date of birth
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start of work period
1986-00-00
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Andrzej Sapkowski ( Polish: [ˈandʐɛj sapˈkɔfski]; born 21 June 1948) 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.

Described as the "Polish Tolkien", he has written multiple novels and short story collections, selling over 30 million copies worldwide. The influence of Slavic mythology is seen as a characteristic feature of many of his works. He is a five-time recipient of the Zajdel Award, Poland's most popular science fiction and fantasy prize, as well as many other awards and honors including David Gemmell Award, World Fantasy Life Achievement Award and the Gloria Artis Medal for Merit to Culture.

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