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The prophecies of Jerzy Zulawski, Poland’s HG Wells, 1969

September 11, 2014 By Adam Zulawski Leave a Comment

Man Landed on the Moon, collage by Peter Mackey (Flickr: silverback40)

In this excerpt, Marek writes about his father, the science-fiction author Jerzy Zulawski, after watching one of the most famous televised moments of the 20th century: the first man on the moon (it was Neil Armstrong, fact fans). I've done a partial translation of On The Silver Globe but Jerzy's books have never been published in English.

What English readers can see though is the anarchic film adaptation that Andrzej Zulawski directed based on the first two parts. It's one of the most 'out there' films you might see and has a fascinating story behind it too. - AZ.

Today, the 21st of July 1969, man has put his foot on the Moon for the first time.… Keep reading

Filed Under: Memoir Tagged With: 1969, Andrzej Zulawski, Apollo 11, Jerzy Zulawski, moon landings, NASA

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I run the English section at Culture.pl, and am co-founder of the podcast Stories From The Eastern West. I'm also a freelance writer and Polish-to-English translator. In my spare time, I also run TranslatingMarek.com. Download my free e-book about Poland's capital after it was almost completely destroyed by the Nazis: 'In the Shadow of the Mechanised Apocalypse: Warsaw 1946'

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