Correspondence of Stanisław Lem
Selected correspondence of Stanisław Lem was published in several books.
- 2018: Boli tylko, gdy się śmieję... Listy i rozmowy ("It Only Hurts When I Laugh[1]... Letters and Conversations") is a selected correspondence between Stanisław Lem, poetess Ewa Lipska, and Lem's son, Tomasz Lem, as well as records of conversations between Lem and Lipska in early 2000s.[2]
- 2013: Sława i Fortuna, ISBN 978-83-0804934-1, 736pp, is a selection of Stanisław Lem's letters to his translator Michael Kandel during 1972–1987. It includes introduction by Jerzy Jarzębski and comments by Maciej Urbanowski.[3][4]
- 2011: Stanisław Lem, Sławomir Mrożek, Listy (Letters), ISBN 978-83-08-04730-9, is a selection of correspondence between Lem and Mrożek during 1956-1978.[5]
- 2002: Listy albo opór materii (Letters or Resistance of Matter) is a collection of letters written by Stanisław Lem in 1955–1988. The selection was carried out by Jerzy Jarzębski, who also wrote the afterword. The book includes brief biographical notes about the addressees and an index of names. The collection contains the author's correspondence with various institutions of the Polish People's Republic and letters written to friends, including: Helena Eilstein, Antoni Słonimski , Wiktor Woroszylski, Jerzy Jarzębski, Daniel Mróz , Szymon Kobyliński, Michael Kandel, and biophysicist prof. Władysław Kapuściński[6]
References
- ^ Note: The title refers to the joke "It Only Hurts When I Laugh".
- ^ Boli tylko, gdy się śmieję... Listy i rozmowy, Wydawnictwo Literackie, 2018, hardcover: ISBN 978-83-08-06555-6
- ^ "SŁAWA I FORTUNA. LISTY DO MICHAELA KANDLA", at Lems's official website
- ^ Wojciech Zemek, "Listy a literatura: korespondencja Stanisława Lema z Michaelem Kandlem" [Letters vs literature: Stanislaw Lem's correspondence with Michael Kandel], master's thesis, Kraków 2009
- ^ Opublikowanie listów Stanisława Lema i Sławomira Mrożka to wydarzenie kulturalne najwyższej rangi, culture.pl
- ^ Wojciech Orliński, Co to są sepulki? 2007, section "Listy albo opór materii"
