He built a monster-hunting world so thoroughly textured that it escaped the page - first into Polish folklore-tinged fantasy novels, then into a video game juggernaut that made Geralt of Rivia more recognizable than most literary heroes of the last thirty years.
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People," Geralt turned his head, "like to invent monsters and monstrosities. Then they seem less monstrous themselves.
The Last Wish (1993)
The sword of destiny has two edges. You are one of them.
Source: The Sword Of Destiny
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About this person
Andrzej Sapkowski was born 21 June 1948 in Poland and became a fantasy writer who wove Slavic mythology into his fiction with enough specificity that readers called him the "Polish Tolkien." His Witcher saga - novels and short stories tracking the monster hunter Geralt of Rivia - has sold over 30 million copies, been translated into 37 languages, and made him the second most-translated Polish SF/fantasy writer after Stanisław Lem. The books jumped media: video games, television, stage, comics. He's won the Zajdel Award five times, Poland's top genre prize, along with the David Gemmell Award, the World Fantasy Life Achievement Award, and the Gloria Artis Medal for Merit to Culture. The witcher he imagined now belongs to the world.
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