On September 30, 2021, the Polish Institute commemorates the XX. about one of the most outstanding science fiction authors of the 20th century, the Polish writer Stanisław Lem, who was born 100 years ago. Book presentation, film screening and exhibition opening in one place, on one day.
Stanisław Lem, one of the world's best-known and most-read Polish writers, would be 100 years old this year. On this occasion, the Polish Sejm declared 2021 the Lem Memorial Year. On September 30, 2021, the Polish Institute in Budapest commemorates the XX. about one of the most outstanding science fiction authors of the 20th century. The event will include the presentation of one of Lem's most successful novels, Solaris, which was recently published by the Poket publishing house, a film adaptation of a Lem story, a screening of the short film The Room, and the opening of an exhibition featuring the works of the celebrated author's favorite illustrator and Lem interpretations by contemporary Polish graphic artists. for presentation.
Stanisław Lem (1921-2006) can rightly be called a world-famous classic of science fiction literature, and also the most successful "exporter" of Polish science fiction literature, whose books translated into 49 languages have sold more than 40 million copies worldwide. The author's works dealing with the topics of futurology, scientific technology, artificial intelligence, and cybernetics are extremely popular to this day. The reason for this is that in these works of fantastic literature woven with a specific tone and humor, we also find the handprint of a philosopher who is excited by the perspectives of the future of humanity. Fantastic, literary, excellent story-telling, scintillating humor that is not without a socially critical edge, and scholarship translated into plain language are mixed in his works.
Exactly on the 100th anniversary of Lem's birth, on September 12, 2021, Solaris, one of the writer's most magical and at the same time best-known works, entered POKET Publishing's machines. With the support of the Polish Institute and the Wacław Felczak Foundation, the pocket book published in a youthful guise will, we hope, become popular and well-known among the younger generation as well, and perhaps readers will be interested in the author's other works published in Hungarian.
Andrei Tarkovsky: Solaris c. film/ Source: Filmtekercs.hu
"Solaris is about getting to know each other. About the human quality to research and discover unknown landscapes, planets, living beings and phenomena. In connection with this, see scientific connections and get explanations. Solaris is a celestial body that the researchers on the space station hovering above it want to decipher. In the meantime, the protagonist, psychologist Chris Kelvin, joins their team as a fourth member, who throws himself into the research with his unique approach. The surface of the mysterious planet is a vast ocean, which shows signs of a strange intelligence reminiscent of the human psyche. In the course of the book, the researchers try to decipher this being, which is completely different from the human quality. In the meantime, a series of strange phenomena occur, which give us an even more opportunity to see into the various layers of the human mind with the help of a psychologist's point of view. This book holds a special mirror to the human psyche, into which we can look far from the earth, on this distant space station. The novel, written eight years before the landing on the moon in 1969, excitingly points to the relationship between man and the still-to-be-explored unknown universe and the possibilities of communication between the two. The volume is accompanied by the exciting graphics of Albert László Barabási, visualizing interdisciplinary networks, which also push the question and limits of the processability and knowability of data."
Visitors to the event can take part in a prize draw, in which the recently published Poket paperback, Stanisław Lem's Solaris, will be drawn.
Source: Polish Institute
Featured image: PAP
