Jacek Dukaj

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Image:Dukaj.jpg Jacek Dukaj (born July 30, 1974 in Tarnów, Poland) is considered one of the most talented young Polish science fiction writers. He successfully debuted at the age of 16 with a short story Złota Galera (Golden Galley).

Winner of the Janusz A. Zajdel Award in 2001 for his novel Czarne oceany (Black Oceans), in 2003 for his novel Inne pieśni (Other Songs), in 2004 for his novel Perfekcyjna niedoskonałość (An Ideal Imperfection) and in 2000 for short story Katedra (The Cathedral). A short animated movie by Tomasz Baginski based on this short story was nominated to Academy Award in 2003.

His short stories have been translated into English, German, Russian, Czech, Hungarian. His first story, Golden Galley, was translated into English by Wiesiek Powaga and published in The Dedalus Book of Polish Fantasy. Iron General and fragments of The Cathedral were translated into English by Michael Kandel, but as of 2005 they haven't been published except for shorts excerpts available online.

Popular themes in his works include the technological singularity, nanotechnology and virtual reality.

1 Bibliography
2 External links

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Bibliography

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Collections

W kraju niewiernych (SuperNOWA 2000):
- "Iron General" ("Ruch Generała")
- "IACTE"
- "Irrehaare"
- "Muchobójca"
- "Ziemia Chrystusa"
- "The Cathedral" ("Katedra")
- "Medjugorje"
- "In partibus infidelium"
Xavras Wyżryn i inne fikcje narodowe (Wydawnictwo Literackie 2004):
- "Xavras Wyżryn"
- "Sprawa Rudryka Z."
- "Przyjaciel prawdy"
- "Gotyk"
Król Bólu (Wydawnictwo Literackie 2005, planned, will include:)
- "Szkoła"
- "Aguerre w świcie"
- "Serce Mroku"

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Novels

Xavras Wyżryn (SuperNOWA 1997, containts two small novels - Xavras Wyżryn and Zanim noc)
Aguerre w świcie (short novel in anthology) Wizje Alternatywne 3, Solaris 2001)
Czarne Oceany (SuperNOWA 2001)
Córka łupieżcy (short novel in anthology Wizje Alternatywne 4, Solaris 2002)
Extensa (Wydawnictwo Literackie 2002)
Inne pieśni (Wydawnictwo Literackie 2003)
Perfekcyjna niedoskonałość (Wydawnictwo Literackie 2004)
Baśń (planned)

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Short stories

"Golden Galley" (Polish: "Złota Galera", "Fantastyka" 2/1990, anthology Jawnogrzesznica, anthology Miłosne dotknięcie nowego wieku, anthology The Dedalus Book of Polish Fantasy)
"Smierć matadora" ("Nowa Fantastyka" 1/1991, anthology Co większe muchy)
"Opętani" ("Fenix" 1/1991)
"Książę mroku musi umrzeć" ("Nowa Fantastyka" 12/1991, Hungarian translation in "Galaktika" 7/1992)
"Korporacja Mesjasz" (anthology Czarna Msza, Rebis 1992)
"Panie, pobłogosław morderców" ("Fenix" 2/1993)
"Wszystkie nasze ciemne sprawy" ("Voyager" #6)
"Irrehaare" ("Nowa Fantastyka" 6,7/1995, anthology W kraju niewiernych)
"Wielkie podzielenie" ("Nowa Fantastyka" 3/1996)
"Szkoła" ("Nowa Fantastyka" 11/1996, anthology Król Bólu)
"Ziemia Chrystusa" (anthology Wizje alternatywne 2, Zysk i S-ka 1997, anthology W kraju niewiernych)
"IACTE" (anthology Wizje alternatywne 2, Zysk i S-ka 1997, anthology W kraju niewiernych)
"Ponieważ kot" (anthology Trzynaście kotów)
"Serce Mroku" ("Nowa Fantastyka" 11/1998, anthology "Król Bólu")
"Ruch Generała" (anthology W kraju niewiernych)
"Muchobójca" (anthology W kraju niewiernych)
"Katedra" (anthology W kraju niewiernych, album Katedra, Czech translation in Ikarie 11/2002)
"Medjugorje" (anthology W kraju niewiernych)
"In partibus infidelium" (anthology W kraju niewiernych)
"Gotyk" (anthology Strefa Mroku, anthology Xavras Wyżryn i inne fikcje literackie)
"Sprawa Rudryka Z." (anthology Xavras Wyżryn i inne fikcje narodowe)
"Przyjaciel prawdy" (anthology Xavras Wyżryn i inne fikcje narodowe)
"Crux" (anthology PL+50. Historie przyszłości, Wydawnictwo Literackie 2004)