Andrzej Sapkowski

Author

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Date of Birth: 1948-06-21 (age 78)
Nationality: Poland
Place of birth: Łódź, Poland

Mini Bio

Andrzej Sapkowski, born 21 June 1948 in Łódź, is a Polish fantasy writer. Sapkowski studied economics and, before turning to writing, he worked as a senior sales representative for a foreign trade company. His first short story, "The Witcher" ("Wiedźmin"), was published in Fantastyka, Poland's leading fantasy literary magazine, in 1986 and was enormously successful both with readers and critics. Sapkowski has created a series of tales based on the world of "The Witcher", comprising three collections of short stories and five novels. This cycle and his many other works made him one of the best-known fantasy authors in Poland in the 1990s.

Backstage

His favorite writers include Raymond Chandler, Mikhail Bulgakov, Umberto Eco, and Ernest Hemingway.
He wrote the first Witcher short story for the Polish Sci/Fi Fantasy magazine Fantastyka, at the request of his son, who was a fan of the magazine.
His Witcher series is heavily influenced by Slavic mythology.
He is often called the "Polish Tolkien".
He was a traveling salesman before becoming a writer.
The Netflix adaption of his series The Witcher boosted sales for his books on Amazon, putting him in the company of authors such as J.K Rowling and Stephen King.
He is a cat lover, and will include cats in his writing.
"I believe that the feminine elements dominates in nature. Women are generally stronger than men. All power of this world should be in the hands of women. Life, the world are too serious to leave it in our hands."
"I do not like working too hard or too long. By the way, I do not like working at all."
"You cannot judge a soup by its ingredients."

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