Witold Zegalski
Witold Zegalski (born October 27, 1928 in Poznań , Poland ; died July 31, 1974 there ) was a Polish writer, best known as an author of science fiction .
Life
Zegalski's family spent five years in exile in Kazakhstan during World War II . After returning, Zegalski studied economics in Poznań and then worked in the catering sector and in the city administration of Poznań.
The first poems were published in 1954, the debut novel Krater Czarnego Snu was published in 1960. In total, Zegalski published three novels and a good 20 stories, some of which appeared in 1968 in the Wyspa Petersena Collection . Zegalski was one of the co-founders of the independent literary association Swantewit in 1957 , which also included Jadwiga Badowska, Leon Julian Rynowiecki, Janusz Sauer and Łucja Danielewska.
Two of his stories appeared in German translation in 1975 in the GDR in Galaxisspatzen , an anthology of Polish science fiction.
Zegalski died in 1974 at the age of 45.
bibliography
- Novels
- Czarnego Snu Crater (1960)
- Alert stu przygód (1971)
- Zwykłe lato (1971)
- collection
- Wyspa Petersena (1968, extended version 1976)
- stories
- Pozytywka (1962)
- Przylądek strachów (1962)
- Powrót gigantów (1963)
- Rozbita rakieta (1963)
- Daleko za rafami (1964)
- Oblicze boga Ptah (1964)
- Peryferie układu (1964)
- Szybkości kosmiczne (1965)
- Próg przystosowania (1965)
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Stan zagrożenia (1966)
- German: Hazardous state. In: Johannes Jankowiak (Ed.): Galaxisspatzen. The New Berlin, 1975.
- Remo (1967)
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Ci z patrolu (1967)
- German: Patrol ship "Prometheus". In: Johannes Jankowiak (Ed.): Galaxisspatzen. The New Berlin, 1975.
- Lepiej uczyć ptaszki (1968)
- Wyspa Petersena (1968)
- W pracowni pisarza (1968)
- Przygody w pierścieniach Saturna (1968)
- Czeka cię wielka przygoda (1968)
- Ciepło, ciepło, coraz cieplej (1968)
- O człowieku, którego bolała sprężarka (1972)
- Pegaz na tranzystorach (1976)
- Zielona, przeklęta wyspa (1976)
- Play
- Nos księżyca, Czyli figle Mistrza Twardowskiego (1967)
literature
- Hans Joachim Alpers , Werner Fuchs , Ronald M. Hahn : Reclam's science fiction guide. Reclam, Stuttgart 1982, ISBN 3-15-010312-6 , p. 470.
- Hans Joachim Alpers, Werner Fuchs, Ronald M. Hahn, Wolfgang Jeschke : Lexicon of Science Fiction Literature. Heyne, Munich 1991, ISBN 3-453-02453-2 , p. 1089.
Web links
- Witold Zegalski in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
- Works by and about Witold Zegalski at Open Library
- Witold Zegalski on Encyklopedia Fantastyki (Polish)
- Witold Zegalski on Wróble Galaktyki - Polska Literatura Fantastyczna (Polish)
- Witold Zegalski on FantLab (Russian)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zegalski, Witold |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 27, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Poznań , Poland |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 31, 1974 |
| Place of death | Poznań , Poland |