Marek S. Huberath is a Polish professor

Professor

A professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...

 of physics

Physics

Physics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...

 in the Jagiellonian University

Jagiellonian University

The Jagiellonian University was established in 1364 by Casimir III the Great in Kazimierz . It is the oldest university in Poland, the second oldest university in Central Europe and one of the oldest universities in the world....

 in Kraków

Kraków

Kraków also Krakow, or Cracow , is the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in the Lesser Poland region, the city dates back to the 7th century. Kraków has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, cultural, and artistic life...

 and an award-winning science fiction

Science fiction

Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...

 and fantasy

Fantasy

Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common...

 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

Short story

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 Kara większa and in 1997 for his novel

Novel

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 Gniazdo Światów.

Novels

• Gniazdo światów (The Nest of Worlds) (NOWA 2000)
• Miasta pod skałą (Cities under the Rock) (Wydawnictwo Literackie 2005)
• Vatran Auraio (Wydawnictwo Literackie 2010)

Short story collections

• Ostatni, którzy wyszli z raju (The Last to Leave Paradise) (Zysk i S-ka 1996)
• Druga podobizna w alabastrze (Second Image in Alabaster) (Zysk i S-ka 1997)
• Balsam długiego pożegnania (The Balsam of Long Farewell) (Wydawnictwo Literackie 2006)

Short stories

• "Yoo Retoont, Sneogg. Ay Noo," in A Polish Book of Monsters edited and translated by Michael Kandel
  Michael Kandel
  Michael Kandel is an American translator and author of science fiction. He received a doctorate in Slavistics from Indiana University, and is an editor at the Modern Language Association. Kandel is also a part-time editor at Harcourt, editing Ursula K...
  
   (New York: PIASA Books, 2010)

External links

• Michael Kandel, Climbing with Huberath
• Part 1 of short story 'Yoo Retoont, Sneogg. Ay Noo.' in English, translated by Michael Kandel
  Michael Kandel
  Michael Kandel is an American translator and author of science fiction. He received a doctorate in Slavistics from Indiana University, and is an editor at the Modern Language Association. Kandel is also a part-time editor at Harcourt, editing Ursula K...