Margins
Andrzej Sapkowski profile picture
Andrzej Sapkowski
Author · 59 books

Andrzej Sapkowski, born June 21, 1948 in Łódź, is a Polish fantasy and science fiction writer. Sapkowski studied economics, and before turning to writing, he had worked as a senior sales representative for a foreign trade company. His first short story, The Witcher (Wiedźmin), was published in Fantastyka, Poland's leading fantasy literary magazine, in 1986 and was enormously successful both with readers and critics. Sapkowski has created a cycle of tales based on the world of The Witcher, comprising three collections of short stories and five novels. This cycle and his many other works have made him one of the best-known fantasy authors in Poland in the 1990s. The main character of The Witcher (alternative translation: The Hexer) is Geralt, a mutant assassin who has been trained since childhood to hunt down and destroy monsters. Geralt exists in an ambiguous moral universe, yet manages to maintain his own coherent code of ethics. At the same time cynical and noble, Geralt has been compared to Raymond Chandler's signature character Philip Marlowe. The world in which these adventures take place is heavily influenced by Slavic mythology. Sapkowski has won five Zajdel Awards, including three for short stories "Mniejsze zło" (Lesser Evil) (1990), "Miecz przeznaczenia" (Sword of Destiny) (1992) and "W leju po bombie" (In a Bomb Crater) (1993), and two for the novels "Krew elfów" (Blood of Elves) (1994) and "Narrenturm" (2002). He also won the Spanish Ignotus Award, best anthology, for The Last Wish in 2003, and for "Muzykanci" (The Musicians), best foreign short story, same year. In 1997, Sapkowski won the prestigious Polityka's Passport award, which is awarded annually to artists who have strong prospects for international success. In 2001, a Television Series based on the Witcher cycle was released in Poland and internationally, entitled Wiedźmin (The Hexer). A film by the same title was compiled from excerpts of the television series but both have been critical and box office failures. Sapkowski's books have been translated into Czech, Russian, Lithuanian, German, Spanish, French, Ukrainian, and Portuguese. An English translation of The Last Wish short story collection was published by Gollancz in 2007. The Polish game publisher, CD Projekt, created a role-playing PC game based on this universe, called The Witcher, which was released in October 2007. There is also a mobile version of the game which has been created by Breakpoint Games and is being published by Hands-On Mobile in Western Europe,Latin America and Asia Pacific. The English translation of Sapkowski's novel Blood of Elves won the David Gemmell Legends Award in 2009.

Series

Books

Opowieści o wiedźminie, tom 2 book cover

Opowieści o wiedźminie, tom 2

2002

Rozdroże kruków book cover

Rozdroże kruków

2024

Maladie i inne opowiadania book cover

Maladie i inne opowiadania

2005

Warriors of God book cover

Warriors of God

2004

Coś więcej book cover

Coś więcej

1992

Świat króla Artura book cover

Świat króla Artura

2021

Magické střípky book cover

Magické střípky

1995

Kwestia ceny book cover

Kwestia ceny

1990

The Witcher book cover

The Witcher

1986

La dama del lago Vol. 2 book cover

La dama del lago Vol. 2

1999

Trochę poświęcenia

1992

Нет золота в Серых Горах book cover

Нет золота в Серых Горах

1988

Narrenturm 2 book cover

Narrenturm 2

2002

Strefa mroku. Jedenastu apostołów grozy book cover

Strefa mroku. Jedenastu apostołów grozy

2002

La dama del lago vol. 1 book cover

La dama del lago vol. 1

1999

Narrenturm 1 book cover

Narrenturm 1

2018

The Malady and Other Stories book cover

The Malady and Other Stories

An Andrzej Sapkowski Sampler

2013

phantastisch! Ausgabe 60 book cover

phantastisch! Ausgabe 60

2015

Herran soturit 2 book cover

Herran soturit 2

2021

Rękopis znaleziony w smoczej jaskini book cover

Rękopis znaleziony w smoczej jaskini

Kompendium wiedzy o literaturze fantasy

2001

Wiedźmin. Mniejsze zło book cover

Wiedźmin. Mniejsze zło

1993

Okruch Lodu book cover

Okruch Lodu

1992

Blood of Elves book cover

Blood of Elves

1994

Lux perpetua book cover

Lux perpetua

2006

Lady of the Lake book cover

Lady of the Lake

1999

Coś się kończy, coś się zaczyna book cover

Coś się kończy, coś się zaczyna

1988

The Tower of the Swallow book cover

The Tower of the Swallow

1997

phantastisch! Ausgabe 28 book cover

phantastisch! Ausgabe 28

2007

La tarde dorada book cover

La tarde dorada

1997

The Lesser Evil book cover

The Lesser Evil

1990

Baptism of Fire book cover

Baptism of Fire

1996

Wiedźmin book cover

Wiedźmin

Dom ze Szkła

2014

Introducing The Witcher book cover

Introducing The Witcher

The Last Wish, Sword of Destiny and Blood of Elves

2017

Wiedźmin book cover

Wiedźmin

2006

Geralt di Rivia book cover

Geralt di Rivia

2006

Season of Storms book cover

Season of Storms

2013

Wizje alternatywne book cover

Wizje alternatywne

2019

The Time of Contempt book cover

The Time of Contempt

1995

The Last Wish book cover

The Last Wish

1993

Herran soturit 1 book cover

Herran soturit 1

2004

Żmija book cover

Żmija

2009

Świat Króla Artura. Maladie book cover

Świat Króla Artura. Maladie

1995

Wiedźmin. Droga bez powrotu book cover

Wiedźmin. Droga bez powrotu

1993

Sword of Destiny book cover

Sword of Destiny

1992

Historia i fantastyka book cover

Historia i fantastyka

2005

Zaklínač book cover

Zaklínač

1986

Something Ends, Something Begins book cover

Something Ends, Something Begins

1988

Ostatnie życzenie. Miecz przeznaczenia. book cover

Ostatnie życzenie. Miecz przeznaczenia.

1990

Opowieści o wiedźminie, tom 1 book cover

Opowieści o wiedźminie, tom 1

2002

Wieczny ogień

1992

Andrzej Sapkowski Witcher Series Collection 8 Books Set book cover

Andrzej Sapkowski Witcher Series Collection 8 Books Set

2008

Andrzej Sapkowski's The Witcher book cover

Andrzej Sapkowski's The Witcher

The Edge of the World

2025

Wiedźmin. Ostatnie życzenie book cover

Wiedźmin. Ostatnie życzenie

1994

Ziarno prawdy book cover

Ziarno prawdy

1993

Wiedźmin. Geralt book cover

Wiedźmin. Geralt

1993

The Tower of Fools book cover

The Tower of Fools

2002

Kraniec świata book cover

Kraniec świata

2013

Granica możliwości book cover

Granica możliwości

1992

The Saga of the Witcher book cover

The Saga of the Witcher

Blood of Elves, Time of Contempt, Baptism of Fire, The Tower of the Swallow and The Lady of the Lake

2017

548 Market St PMB 65688, San Francisco California 94104-5401 USA
© 2025 Paratext Inc. All rights reserved