Janusz Zajdel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Janusz Zajdel

Science fiction author

Date of Birth: 15-Aug-1938

Place of Birth: Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 19-Jul-1985

Profession: writer, poet, nuclear physicist, science fiction writer

Nationality: Poland

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Janusz Andrzej Zajdel (15 August 1938 – 19 July 1985) was a Polish science fiction author, second in popularity in Poland to Stanislaw Lem.
His major genres were social science fiction and dystopia.
His main recurring theme involved the gloomy prospects for a space environment into which mankind carried totalitarian ideas and habits: Red Space Republics, or Space Labor Camps, or both.
His heroes desperately try to find meaning in the world around them. His works include five social-science fiction novels: Cylinder van Troffa (Van Troff's Cylinder, 1980); Limes inferior (The Lower Limit, 1982); Cala prawda o planecie Ksi (The Whole Truth about Planet Xi, 1983); Wyjscie z cienia (Coming out of the Shadow, 1983); and Paradyzja (Paradise: World in Orbit, 1984).The Polish science fiction fandom award was named after him: the Janusz A.
Zajdel Award.
He was a trustee of World SF.