Paweł Dembowski (pseudonym "Ausir") (born April 23, 1983[1] in Głogów[2]) is a Polish translator, publisher, political activist, and two-time winner of Śląkfa.[3][4]
Paweł Dembowski | |
|---|---|
| Born | 23 April 1983 |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Occupation(s) | Translator, Publisher |
| Academic background | |
| Education | University of Wrocław (Licencjat, Magister) |
| Thesis | English translations of Stanisław Lem's Solaris in the context of cultural power imbalance (2016) |
Biography edit
Dembowski lives in Wrocław, where he graduated in English studies at the Faculty of Philology of the University of Wroclaw.[2] His master's thesis concerned the English translations of the novel Solaris by Stanisław Lem.[5] He has translated works by Ian Watson, Robert Shearman, Ken Liu, William H. Keith Jr., Evan Currie, Kelly Robson, Naomi Novik, Greg van Eekhout, Agnieszka Dale, Matthew Mather,[3] and Ann Druyan[6] as well as various computer games and films.[2]
He is the founder of The Vault, a wiki dedicated to the Fallout series of video games,[7] launched in 2005. He was the winner of the 2009 Śląkfa Award (the oldest science fiction award in Poland) in the Fan of the Year category.[4] He was one of the founders of BookRage, a Polish e-book publishing company,[8] for which he was awarded a second Śląkfa Award in the Publisher of the Year category in 2013.[4]
He had been a member of the Razem political party since its founding in 2015 till August 2018.[9] He ran in the 2015 parliamentary election in Poland as one of the party's candidates in Wrocław.[10] Between May 2016 and June 2017, he was a member of the party's audit committee.[11] In 2017, he was a member of the party's National Council.[2] He left the party in August 2018.[12][13]
References edit
- ^ "Ausir". polter.pl. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
- ^ a b c d "Okręg 3 – Wrocław 9. Paweł Dembowski" [District 3 - Wrocław 9. Paweł Dembowski] (in Polish). partiarazem.pl. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
- ^ a b "Paweł Dembowski". fantasta.pl. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
- ^ a b c "Śląkfa". ŚKF. Archived from the original on 8 August 2018. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
- ^ Dembowski, Paweł. English translations of Stanisław Lem's "Solaris" in the context of cultural power imbalance (Thesis). University of Wrocław.
- ^ "Kosmos. Możliwe światy" [Cosmos. Possible worlds] (in Polish). Burda Media Polska. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
- ^ Teti, John (9 September 2010). "What the FAQ?". Eurogamer. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
- ^ Nowakowska, Katarzyna. "Nie bój się (taniego) e-booka! Rewolucja w sprzedaży książek?" [Don't be afraid of the (cheap) e-book! A revolution in book sales?]. Gazeta.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 10 December 2017.
- ^ "Polityk partii Razem pyta o treść paktu z Janem Pawłem II" [A politician from the Together party asks about the content of the pact with John Paul II]. Rzeczpospolita (in Polish). Retrieved 26 September 2016.
- ^ "Serwis PKW – Wybory 2015". Retrieved 26 September 2016.
- ^ "Mieszkaniec Wrocławia wystąpił do KPRM o treść "paktu z Janem Pawłem II"" [A resident of Wrocław applied to the Chancellery of the Prime Minister for the content of the "pact with John Paul II"]. Gazeta Wyborcza (in Polish). Retrieved 27 September 2016.
- ^ "Rezygnacja z członkostwa w partii" [Resignation from party membership]. partiarazem.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 10 September 2018.
- ^ "Facebook post". facebook.com. Retrieved 10 September 2018.