{"id":8957,"date":"2020-10-25T12:00:59","date_gmt":"2020-10-25T12:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sfintranslation.com\/?p=8957"},"modified":"2020-10-04T20:15:20","modified_gmt":"2020-10-04T20:15:20","slug":"polish-sft-stefan-grabinski","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sfintranslation.com\/?p=8957","title":{"rendered":"Polish SFT: Stefan Grabi\u0144ski"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"STEFAN GRAB\u00cdNSKI (1887-1936)<\/span>
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“a\u00a0Polish writer of horror fiction who considered himself an expert on demonology and magic. Some critics have called him the ‘Polish Poe’ or the ‘Polish Lovecraft,’ and suggested he believed in the supernatural forces in his stories.” – from <\/em>Weird Fiction Review<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n

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Biography on Culture.pl<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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ESSAYS ON GRABINSKI’S WORKS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

“Horror on the Train Tracks: \u2018The Motion Demon\u2019 Turns 100”<\/span><\/a> (Culture.pl<\/em>)<\/span><\/p>\n

“7 Master Short Stories by Stefan Grabi\u0144ski”<\/span><\/a> (Culture.pl<\/em>)<\/span><\/p>\n

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COLLECTIONS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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The Dark<\/strong> Domain<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/a>, translated by Miroslaw Lipinski (Dedalus Limited, 1993).<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Stories include:<\/strong> \u201cFumes\u201d (1919), \u201cThe Motion Demon\u201d (1919), \u201cThe Area\u201d (1918), \u201cA Tale of the Gravedigger\u201d (?), \u201cSzamota’s Mistress\u201d (1919), \u201cThe Wandering Train\u201d (1919), \u201cStrabismus<\/span><\/a>\u201d (1918), \u201cVengeance of the Elementals\u201d (1922), \u201cIn the Compartment\u201d (1919), \u201cSaturnin Sektor\u201d (1920), \u201cThe Glance\u201d (1921)<\/span><\/p>\n

“Dedalus have unearthed a series of aptly decadent titles where elements erotic and grotesque combine. The Dark Domain is a collection of psycho-fantasies, doom-saturated tales of lonely men lost in hostile terrain, but the East European melancholy lifts to provide wonderful odd scenes, like the watchmaker whose death stops all the town clocks and the phantom train that always turns up unannounced, surprising the station staff.”– review by Chris Fowler<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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The Motion Demon<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/a>, translated by Miroslaw Lipinski <\/strong>(Ash-Tree Press, 2005).<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Stories include: “<\/strong>Engine Driver Grot,” “The Wandering Train,” “The Motion Demon,” “The Sloven,” “The Perpetual Passenger,” “In the Compartment,” “Signals,” “The Siding,” “Ultima Thule”<\/span><\/p>\n

“A wandering train that appears, seemingly at will; an engine driver who is inseparable from his machine; a passenger who waits for trains but never travels on them; obsession with speed and motion; a harbinger of disaster; a daring liaison: these are the themes of The Motion Demon<\/em>, Stefan Grabinski’s collection of nine stories, first published in Poland in 1919.”– publisher’s copy<\/em>
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In Sarah’s House<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/a>, translated by <\/strong>Wiesiek Powaga (CB Editions, 2007).<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Stories include:<\/strong> \u201cWhite Virak,” \u201cThe Grey Room\u201d (included in The Dedalus Book of Polish Fantasy,” <\/em>\u201cThe Dead Run,” \u201cSzatera\u2019s Engrams\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The stories in this collection continue the author\u2019s exploration of where horror and sexuality meet. In the title story, a noblewoman absorbs the life out of each of her lovers; \u201cWhite Virak\u201d depicts a creature who lives in a chimney and preys on chimney sweeps; while stories like \u201cThe Grey Room\u201d and \u201cThe Dead Run\u201d offer readers the kind of psychological horror that authors like Poe and Walpole explored before.<\/span><\/p>\n

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On the Hill of Roses<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/a>, translated by Miroslaw Lipinski (Hieroglyphic Press, 2012).<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Stories included:<\/strong> \u201cOn the Hill of Roses,” \u201cThe Frenzied Farmhouse,” \u201cOn a Tangent,” \u201cStrabismus,” \u201cShadow,” \u201cAt the Villa by the Sea,” \u201cProjections\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

“Originally published in 1919 it was Grabinski’s first collection under his own name and served as the official start of his arduous\u00a0search for artistic recognition. Nearly a hundred years later these pieces stand as testament to their author’s talent and on-going literary quest for the bizarre: in The Frenzied Farmhouse we witness the effect of a malignant anima mundi, Strabismus explores the conflict of beings over corporal identity while in the title story, “On the Hill of Roses,” the Decadents’ fascination with synthesia is used to unveil a tragic history.”- publishers’ copy<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/b><\/strong>from<\/b><\/strong> The Dedalus Book of Polish Fantasy<\/b><\/strong><\/i><\/span><\/a>
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\u201cThe Grey Room\u201d by Stefan Grabi\u0144ski, translated by Wiesiek Powaga<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Black Hamlet\u201d by Stefan Grabi\u0144ski, translated by Wiesiek Powaga<\/p>\n

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STEFAN GRAB\u00cdNSKI (1887-1936) “a\u00a0Polish writer of horror fiction who considered himself an expert on demonology and magic. Some critics have called him the ‘Polish Poe’ or the ‘Polish Lovecraft,’ and suggested he believed in the supernatural forces in his stories.” – from Weird Fiction Review   Biography on Culture.pl     ESSAYS ON GRABINSKI’S WORKS<\/p>\n

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