- Born
- Nicknames
- The Polish Tolkien
- The Polish King of Fantasy
- Andrzej Sapkowski was born on June 21, 1948 in Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland. He is a writer, known for The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf (2021), The Witcher (2019) and The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep (2025).
- ChildrenKrzysztof Sapkowski
- Cheeky, irreverent humor.
- Inspired by Slavic folklore and fairy tales.
- Subversion of fantasy and fairy tale tropes.
- 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.
- 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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