Andrzej Ziemiański is the Polish

Poland

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 science fiction

Science fiction

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 writer

Writer

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 and columnist.
He won twice the Janusz A. Zajdel Award

Janusz A. Zajdel Award

The Janusz A. Zajdel Award , often called just Zajdel,is the annual award given by the Polish science fiction and fantasy fandom for the best stories published in the previous year...

 in class 'short story': 2001 for Autobahn nach Poznań

Poznan

Poznań is a city on the Warta river in west-central Poland, with a population of 556,022 in June 2009. It is among the oldest cities in Poland, and was one of the most important centres in the early Polish state, whose first rulers were buried at Poznań's cathedral. It is sometimes claimed to be...

and in 2003 for Zapach szkła (The Scent of Glass).
His life-gloryfying works tell mostly often about persons living in permanent or unexpected danger, but trying to survive and win. He became popular with his three tome fantasy novel Achaja

Achaja

Achaja is a Polish fantasy series of novels written by Andrzej Ziemiański, published in three tomes in 2002, 2003 and 2004 by the Fabryka Słów. The first two tomes received the Janusz A. Zajdel Award nomination ; the second one received the Nautilus Award in 2004...

Short stories

• Zakład zamknięty (1978/79)

Thinking about escape from prison.

• Twarze (1980)

Consequences of deja vu.

• Koloryt lokalny (1980/81)

Impact or impasse?

• Ghost (1983); co-written with Andrzej Drzewiński
• Blisko granicy (1985)

Desperation changes the world.

• Czekając na barbarzyńców (1985)

Ancient world citizens in the face of barbarian invasion.

• Daimonion (1985)

Soldier's way by labirynth of consciousness and subconscious.

• Port (1985)
• Reguły gry (1985)
• Precedens (1985)

The window on a world.

• Czasy które nadejdą (1991)

The loser once again looks for a job.

• Bomba Heisenberga (2000)

Are we only dreaming?

• Toy Toy Song (2000)

A fallen girl starts completely new life, that of a part detective, part mercenary, part secret agent.

• Autobahn nach Poznan (2001)

The future alliance joins people of different nations and even the animals. But it's an armed alliance.

• Toy Trek (2001)

Toy is sent on a new mission, this time to ruined Africa. Continuation of Toy Toy Song.

• Waniliowe plantacje Wrocławia (2001)

After car accident a man must see past and future once again.

• Lodowa opowieść (2002)

Transmission of a memory as the civilization basement.

• Czarownice (2002)

Story about the bad luck and the talisman.

• Legenda, czyli pijąc wódkę we Wrocławiu w 1999 roku (2002)

The trek with two old friends across dream, reality, adventure, friendship and solitude.

• Ghost II - dwadzieścia lat później (2003); co-written with Andrzej Drzewiński
• Zapach szkła (2003)

The police officer must stand face to face with his own childish nightmares in the new investigation.

• Chłopaki wszyscy idziecie do piekła (2004)

What could trouble the man destined to success?

• Achaja - zaginiony rozdział (2004)

Novels

• Wojny urojone. (1987)

The planet exploration for defining the political system and possibly dangers. Genesis of the arms race.

• Zabójcy szatana.(1989, co-written with Andrzej Drzewiński)
• Bramy strachu. (1990)

Where in the society is the place for the individual outside of the categories?

• Nostalgia za Sluag Side. (1990, co-written with Andrzej Drzewiński)
• Dziennik czasu plagi. (1991)

Dilemmas of the intellectualist in view of ruined civilization.

• Przesiadka w przedpieklu. (1991, signed 'Patrick Shoughnessy', revised edition: 2004, signed 'Andrzej Ziemiański', titled: 'Przesiadka w piekle')

Psychoanalytical whirl through reminiscences and symbols for finding identity and method of survival.

• Miecz Orientu. (1997)

The runaway gets in place, where lives the society, apparently normal, but subordinated to unknown system.

• Achaja
  Achaja
  Achaja is a Polish fantasy series of novels written by Andrzej Ziemiański, published in three tomes in 2002, 2003 and 2004 by the Fabryka Słów. The first two tomes received the Janusz A. Zajdel Award nomination ; the second one received the Nautilus Award in 2004...
  
  . vol. I (2002), vol. II (2003), vol. III (2004)

Young woman, wronged by her family, tries to survive in the world of brutality and exploitation. Middle-aged intellectualist leaves his position for adventures. Orphan, contrary to his traumatic childhood, creates the future with bravado and imagination. Old sage experiences hard theological dilemmas. Intelligent outsider wants to save his homeland. The fates of individuals and various organised societies are interrelated. Small private decisions begin large transformations of the world.

• Toy Wars - Wojownik ostatecznej zagłady. (2008)

Women's alliance against system.

• Breslau forever. (2008)

World is suffering from the obsessive-compulsive disorder.

• Ucieczka z Festung Breslau. (2009)

Search for new ways before the end of war.

• Żołnierze grzechu. (2010)

Generations' confrontation and alliance.

Sources

"Sigma" 101, 1978/1979

"Sigma" 120/121, 1980/1981

"Fantastyka" 2/1982
"Młody Technik" 4/1983

"Młody Technik" 11/1985

"Twórczość" 3-4/1997

"Nowa Fantastyka" 9/2001

"Nowa Fantastyka" 10-12/2002

"Nowa Fantastyka" 10-12/2003

"Science Fiction" 1/2001

"Science Fiction" 2/2001

"Science Fiction" 4/2001

"Science Fiction" 6/2001

"Science Fiction" 5/2002

"Science Fiction" 4/2003

"Science Fiction" 5/2004

Bunt robotów. Gorzowski Klub Miłośników Fantastyki i Fantastyki Naukowej, Gorzów 1980.

Informator konwentowy World Science Fiction Meeting Polcon-Krakon. Tom 2. Kraków 1991

"Click! Fantasy: Strefa mroku - jedenastu apostołów grozy" grudzień 2002

Spotkanie w przestworzach 4, Antologia młodych '80. Warszawa: Krajowa Agencja Wydawnicza, 1985. ISBN 8303009109

PL+50 Historie przyszłości. Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie 2004. ISBN 8308035647

Andrzej Ziemiański, Daimonion. Warszawa: Iskry 1985. ISBN 8320707625

Andrzej Ziemiański, Wojny urojone. Warszawa: Iskry 1987. ISBN 8320709695

Andrzej Drzewiński Andrzej Ziemiański, Zabójcy szatana. Wrocław: Krajowa Agencja Wydawnicza 1989. ISBN 8303026488

Andrzej Ziemiański, Bramy strachu. Wrocław: Wydawnictwo Dolnośląskie 1990. ISBN 837023044X

Andrzej Drzewiński Andrzej Ziemiański, Nostalgia za Sluag Side. Warszawa: Krajowa Agencja Wydawnicza 1990. ISBN 8303029282

Andrzej Ziemiański, Dziennik czasu plagi. Londyn; Warszawa [etc.]: Europa 1991. ISBN 8385336001

Patrick Shoughnessy, Przesiadka w przedpieklu. Poznań: CIA-Books-SVARO 1991. ISBN 8385100407

Andrzej Ziemiański, Achaja. T.1. Lublin: Fabryka Słów 2002. ISBN 8389011050

Andrzej Ziemiański, Achaja. T.2. Lublin: Fabryka Słów 2003. ISBN 8389011336

Andrzej Ziemiański, Achaja. T.3. Lublin: Fabryka Słów 2004. ISBN 8389011255

Andrzej Ziemiański, Zapach szkła. Lublin: Fabryka Słów 2004. ISBN 8389011484

Andrzej Ziemiański, Przesiadka w piekle. Katowice: Ares 2004. ISBN 839202351X

Andrzej Ziemiański, Miecz Orientu. Wrocław: Wydawnictwo Dolnośląskie, 2006. ISBN 8373844546

Andrzej Ziemiański, Toy Wars. Lublin: Fabryka Słów 2008. ISBN 9788360505977

Andrzej Ziemiański, Breslau forever. Lublin: Fabryka słów 2008. ISBN 9788375740738

Andrzej Ziemiański, Ucieczka z Festung Breslau. Wrocław: Wydawnictwo Dolnośląskie 2009. ISBN 9788324588954

Andrzej Ziemiański, Żołnierze grzechu. Wrocław: Wydawnictwo Bukowy Las 2010. ISBN 9788362478156

External links

Andrzej Ziemiański, Toy Toy Song. - publication in Fahrenheit

Wrocław Nowy Główny - the note and voice interview with Andrzej Ziemiański (about the railway station's blog, written by himself)