| 1921 |
Stanislaw Lem was born in Lwow, Poland (presently Lviv, Ukraine) to a family of a wealthy laryngologist |
| 1932 |
starts education at the II K. Szajnocha State Grammar School in Lwow |
| 1939 |
obtains secondary school certificate |
1940-41
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studies medicine at the Lwow University |
| 1942 |
after the occupation of Lwow by German forces works as a mechanic helper and welder for a German firm recovering raw materials. |
| 1944 |
after the second marching in of the Soviet army continues medical studies |
1945
|
following the repatriation laws along with his family leaves for Krakow |
| enrolls at the Jagiellonian University to study medicine |
| 1946 |
makes his debut with a novel Człowiek z Marsa (A Man from Mars) published as several episodes in "Nowy Świat Przygód" |
| 1946-48 |
cooperates with "Tygodnik Powszechny" and published poems and short stories |
| 1948 |
starts writing his first novel Szpital Przemienienia (Hospital of the Transfiguration) |
| 1951 |
publishes his first book Astronauci (The Astronauts) |
| 1953 |
marries M.D. Barbara Lesniak, a radiologist |
| 1954 |
his father dies |
| 1955 |
Czas nieutracony (further volumes of Hospital of the Transfiguration) |
| 1957 |
Dialogi (Dialogs); Dzienniki gwiazdowe (The Star Diaries) |
| 1959 |
Eden; Śledztwo (The Investigation) |
| 1961 |
Pamiętnik znaleziony w wannie (Memoirs Found in a Bathtub); Powrót z gwiazd (Return from the Stars); Solaris |
| 1964 |
Niezwyciężony (The Invincible); Summa Technologiae |
| 1965 |
Cyberiada (The Cyberiad) |
| 1966 |
Wysoki Zamek (Highcastle) |
| 1968 |
birth of his son |
| 1968 |
Opowieści o pilocie Pirxie (Tales of Pirx the Pilot); Głos Pana (His Master's Voice) |
| 1970 |
receives a prize from the minister of foreign affairs for popularization of Polish culture abroad |
| 1971 |
Doskonała próżnia (A Perfect Vacuum) |
| 1972 |
becomes member of the committee of Polska 2000 |
| 1973 |
Wielkość urojona (Imaginary Magnitude) |
| 1973 |
A literary prize of the ministry of culture; honorary member of the Science Ficiton Writers of America |
| 1976 |
Katar (The Chain of Chance) |
| 1976 |
State Prize of the first degree for literature; expelled from SFWA |
| 1981 |
receives a honorary degree from the Wroclaw Polytechnic |
| 1981 |
martial law in Poland |
| 1982 |
departure for a one-year scholarship of Wissenschaftskolleg in West Berlin |
| 1982 |
Wizja lokalna |
| 1983-88 |
temporary residence in Vienna |
1986
|
awarded Austrian state prize for European Culture for 1985 |
| 1987 |
Fiasko (Fiasco); Pokoj na Ziemi (Peace on Earth) |
| 1988 |
returns to Poland |
| 1991 |
Austrian Kafka-prize for Literature |
| 1994 |
becomes a member of PAU (Polska Akademia Umiejętności) |
| 1996 |
receives the Medal of the White Eagle |
| 1997 |
receives honorary citizenship of the city of Krakow |
| 1998 |
honorary degrees from: Opole University, State Medical University in Lviv, Jagiellonian University.Medycznego, Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego |
2000
|
Okamgnienie |
| 2006 |
Stanislaw Lem passed away on March 27th |
| 2006 |
Rasa drapieżców |
