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Jerzy Zulawski
1874–1915
A restless literary mind of the Young Poland movement, he is best remembered for The Lunar Trilogy, an early science-fiction epic that helped shape Polish speculative writing. His life also reached beyond the page: he studied philosophy, translated, climbed mountains, and served in the Polish Legions during World War I.
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Auf silbernen Gefilden: Ein Mond-Roman
by Jerzy Zulawski
About the author
Born on July 14, 1874, in Lipowiec, Jerzy Żuławski was a Polish poet, novelist, playwright, philosopher, and translator associated with the Young Poland period. He studied philosophy at the University of Bern and wrote across several genres, building a reputation as an unusually versatile and intellectually curious writer.
His best-known work is The Lunar Trilogy, written between 1901 and 1911, which is widely regarded as a landmark of early Polish science fiction. Alongside his fiction and poetry, he was also active as a cultural critic and was known for his interest in mountaineering.
During World War I, Żuławski joined the Polish Legions. He died on August 9, 1915, in Dębica during a typhus epidemic. Though he lived only 41 years, his work left a lasting mark on Polish literature, especially in the development of philosophical and speculative fiction.