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Rafał A. Ziemkiewicz (September 13 1964 - ) - Polish science fiction author and journalist.
During his studies at the University of Warsaw (Polish language and literature) in 1984 he joined SFAN science fiction fan association and started writing short stories. His first short story (Z palcem na spuście) was published in 1982). His book debut was Władca szczurów (Warsaw, (1987). He was also working for two most prestigious Polish science-fiction magazines: Fantastyka (1986-1990) and Feniks (1990-1994).
In the 1990s he became one of the most popular Polish science-fiction authors. For his novels Pieprzony los kataryniarza (1995) and Walc stulecia (1998), as well as his short story Śpiąca królewna (1996) he was awarded the prestigious Zajdel Award.
He is also known as a right-wing journalist. Until february 1997 Ziemkiewicz was working for Gazeta Polska as an author of political and socio-economical essays, many of which were later published in two essay anthologies.
