15 Facts About Andrzej Sapkowski

Andrzej Sapkowski is best known for his series of books The Witcher, which revolves around the eponymous monster-hunter, Geralt of Rivia.

Andrzej Sapkowski 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.

Andrzej Sapkowski's father served in the Polish People's Army and participated in the Battle of Berlin.

Andrzej Sapkowski started his literary career as a translator, in particular, of science fiction.

Andrzej Sapkowski's style reads as easily as David Gemmel, but hits harder and deeper than his late fantasy comrade.

Andrzej Sapkowski's trilogy is a form of polemics with the Polish tradition of the historical novel, with let's say Kraszewski and Sienkiewicz, who wrote about cruel times while depriving them of that dose of atrocities and a most basic human dimension.

Andrzej Sapkowski added that his work on the book "may take a year, but no longer" giving it a potential expected publication date at some point in 2024.

The letter was written despite the fact that Andrzej Sapkowski had sold the video game rights to the Witcher for a single sum, rather than through a royalties contract.

Andrzej Sapkowski's decision was criticized by many commentators and gaming journalists including Dmitry Glukhovsky, the author of Metro 2033, who described him as "an old fool" and noted that without the gaming franchise, the Witcher series "would never get this crazy international readership" and would have remained popular only in Central and Eastern Europe.

Andrzej Sapkowski had a son named Krzysztof, who was an avid reader of the Polish Fantastyka magazine, and for whom he wrote the first Witcher story, who has since deceased.

Andrzej Sapkowski's books have been translated into Bulgarian, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Korean, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Persian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, and Ukrainian.

Andrzej Sapkowski served for a while as a creative consultant on the project.

The popularity of the Netflix show led to Andrzej Sapkowski topping Amazon's list of best-selling authors ahead of JK Rowling and Stephen King.

Andrzej Sapkowski is a recipient of numerous awards and honours both Polish and foreign including:.

Shortly before the release of Rozdroze krukow, in an interview for the Polish weekly periodical Polityka, Andrzej Sapkowski announced that it would not be the last book set in the Witcher universe.