Marek Huberath
Marek S. Huberath is a Polish professor of physics in the Jagiellonian University in Kraków and an award-winning science fiction and fantasy writer. His themes are philosophical, moral, and religious: how people become beasts or remain human in extreme circumstances. Many of his stories focus on death. Winner of the Zajdel Award in 1991 for a short story Kara większa and in 1997 for his novel Gniazdo Światów.
Works
Novels
- Gniazdo światów
- Vatran Auraio
- ''Zachodni portal Katedry w Lugdunum''
Short story collections
- Ostatni, którzy wyszli z raju
- Druga podobizna w alabastrze
- ''Balsam długiego pożegnania''
Short stories
- "Wrocieeś Sneogg, wiedziaam..." translated by Michael Kandel as "" on Words without Borders; reprinted in A Polish [Book of Monsters]
- "Balsam długiego pożegnania" translated as "Balm of a Long Farewell" by Michael Kandel on Words without Borders
- "Kocia obecność" translated as “A Cat’s Presence” translated by Magdalena Jarczyk in the Chosen by Fate: Zajdel Award Winners Anthology.
- ”Kara większa” translated as “The Greater Punishment” by Wiesiek Powaga in The Dedalus Book of Polish Fantasy.