List of honors bestowed on Stanisław Lem

This is the list of honors bestowed on Stanisław Lem.

• 1955: Gold Cross of Merit (Poland) ^[1]
• 1957 – City of Kraków's Prize in Literature (Nagroda Literacka miasta Krakowa) for the totality of the literary work, with the special mention of Time Not Lost^[2]
• 1959: Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta^[3]
• 1965 – Prize of the Minister of Culture and Art, 2nd Level (Nagroda Ministra Kultury i Sztuki II stopnia)
• 1970: Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta^[4]
• 1972 – member of commission "Poland 2000" of the Polish Academy of Sciences
• 1973
  • Prize of the Minister of Foreign Affairs for popularization of Polish culture abroad (nagroda Ministra Spraw Zagranicznych za popularyzację polskiej kultury za granicą)
  • Literary Prize of the Minister of Culture and Art (nagroda literacka Ministra Kultury i Sztuki) and honorary member of Science Fiction Writers of America
• 1976 – State Prize 1st Level in the area of literature (Nagroda Państwowa I stopnia w dziedzinie literatury)
• 1979
  • Grand Prix de Littérature Policière for his novel Katar.
  • A minor planet, 3836 Lem, discovered by Soviet astronomer Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh in 1979, is named after him.^[5]
• 1981 – Doctor honoris causa honorary degree from the Wrocław University of Technology^[6]
• 1986 – Austrian State Prize for European Literature
• 1991 – Austrian literary Franz Kafka Prize
• 1994 – member of the Polish Academy of Learning
• 1996 – recipient of the Order of the White Eagle^[6]
• 1997 – honorary citizen of Kraków^[6]
• 1998 – Doctor honoris causa: University of Opole, Lviv University, Jagiellonian University^[6]
• 2003 – Doctor honoris causa of the University of Bielefeld^[6]
• 2007 – A street in Kraków is to be named in his honour.^[7]
• 2009 – A street in Wieliczka was named in his honour^[8]
• 2011 – An interactive Google logo inspired by The Cyberiad was created and published in his honor for the 60th anniversary of his first published book: The Astronauts.^[9][10]

References

1. Alina Doboszewska, "Kalendarium życia i twórczości Stanisława Lema", In: Jerzy Jarzębski, Wszechświat Lema, Kraków, Wydawnictwo Literackie, ISBN 83-08-03343-1. 2003, p. 322.
2. Ewa Balcerzak, Stanisław Lem, Warszaw, Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy, 1973, p. 176
3. Alina Doboszewska, Kalendarium ... p. 323
4. Alina Doboszewska, Kalendarium ... p. 327
5. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (5th ed.). New York: Springer Verlag. p. 325. ISBN 3-540-00238-3.
6. Jerzy Jarzębski. Lem, Stanisław (in Polish). 'PWN. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
7. "UCHWAŁA NR VIII/122/07 Rady Miasta Krakowa z dnia 14 marca 2007 r. w sprawie nazw ulic. Par.1, pkt.1" (in Polish).
8. "Uchwała nr XXXII/479/2009 Rady Miejskiej w Wieliczce z dnia 30 września 2009 r. w sprawie nadania nazwy ulicy" (PDF) (in Polish). Urząd Marszałkowski Województwa Małopolskiego.
9. "Stanisław Lem doodle". Google.com. Retrieved 2013-09-13.
10. "Google creates doodle in Stanislaw Lem's book". The Guardian. 23 November 2011. Retrieved 23 November 2011.