{"id":17748,"date":"2025-09-23T13:26:01","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T11:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/?p=17748"},"modified":"2025-10-23T17:01:02","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T15:01:02","slug":"meet-the-author-jakub-szamalek-the-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/en\/2025\/09\/23\/meet-the-author-jakub-szamalek-the-station\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the author: Jakub Szama\u0142ek, &#8222;La Station&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" data-turn-id=\"request-WEB:3a91fcf1-9f25-4718-a7e9-02a0478a5cb1-4\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-10\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\" data-turn=\"assistant\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] thread-sm:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] thread-lg:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] thread-lg:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"7134d3fd-1478-4822-9fea-da79dcfcbe9d\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words light markdown-new-styling\">\n<p data-start=\"250\" data-end=\"302\">We are pleased to welcome Jakub Szama\u0142ek to Brussels for the launch of the French edition of his latest novel <em>La\u00a0Station<\/em> (original title <em data-start=\"444\" data-end=\"452\">Stacja<\/em>). The event will take place at LIBREBOOK in Ixelles on 4 October 2025 at 18:30.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"536\" data-end=\"651\"><strong>The literary discussion will be led by Kamil Barbarski, translator of the author\u2019s works from Polish into French.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"653\" data-end=\"1102\">Recently published in French by \u00c9ditions M\u00e9taili\u00e9 and translated by Kamil Barbarski, <em data-start=\"738\" data-end=\"751\">The Station<\/em> is a space thriller with global powers in the background and a plot that feels disturbingly plausible. What would happen if something went wrong in a place where Earth\u2019s laws no longer apply? The novel unfolds aboard the International Space Station, where an investigation into an ammonia leak exposes growing tensions among the multinational crew.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1104\" data-end=\"1340\">As always, Szama\u0142ek brings meticulous research to his fiction. His knowledge of space exploration is woven into the story so smoothly and accessibly that while reading <em data-start=\"1272\" data-end=\"1285\">The Station<\/em>, you may find yourself feeling like a NASA engineer.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p data-start=\"1342\" data-end=\"1367\"><strong data-start=\"1342\" data-end=\"1365\">Publication history<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"1368\" data-end=\"1622\">\n<li data-start=\"1368\" data-end=\"1428\">\n<p data-start=\"1370\" data-end=\"1428\"><em data-start=\"1370\" data-end=\"1378\">Stacja<\/em> (original title), 31 May 2023, Poland, GWFoksal<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1429\" data-end=\"1537\">\n<p data-start=\"1431\" data-end=\"1537\"><em data-start=\"1431\" data-end=\"1444\">Inner Space<\/em> (trans. Kasia Beresford), 15 July 2025 (US), 28 August 2025 (UK), HarperCollins Publishers<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1538\" data-end=\"1622\">\n<p data-start=\"1540\" data-end=\"1622\"><em data-start=\"1540\" data-end=\"1552\">La Station<\/em> (trans. Kamil Barbarski), 3 October 2025, France, \u00c9ditions M\u00e9taili\u00e9<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-17741 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/3-okladki.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/3-okladki.png 800w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/3-okladki-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/3-okladki-768x384.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words light markdown-new-styling\"><hr \/>\n<p data-start=\"1624\" data-end=\"1930\"><strong>Jakub Szama\u0142ek (*1986)<\/strong> is a writer and screenwriter at CD Projekt RED (creator of <em data-start=\"1729\" data-end=\"1742\">The Witcher<\/em> video game series). He studied at Oxford and holds a doctorate in Mediterranean archaeology from the University of Cambridge, supported by a Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation scholarship.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1932\" data-end=\"2438\">He is the author of a detective trilogy featuring the Athenian investigator Leochares, for which he received the Wielki Kaliber Readers\u2019 Award (2011) and the Wielki Kaliber Award (2016). Together with Maria Paw\u0142owska, he co-authored the children\u2019s book <em data-start=\"2185\" data-end=\"2207\">Kim jest \u015blimak Sam?<\/em> (<em data-start=\"2209\" data-end=\"2232\">Who Is Sam the Snail?<\/em>), now part of the Museum of Children\u2019s Books collection. Szama\u0142ek was also named one of the \u201cNew Europe 100\u201d young leaders of Central and Eastern Europe by Res Publica, Google, and the <em data-start=\"2418\" data-end=\"2435\">Financial Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2440\" data-end=\"2632\">His first three novels published in France \u2013 <em data-start=\"2485\" data-end=\"2498\">Tu sais qui<\/em> (European Youth Literary Prize 2024), <em data-start=\"2537\" data-end=\"2555\">Datas sanglantes<\/em> (Libr\u2019\u00e0 Nous Prize 2024), and <em data-start=\"2586\" data-end=\"2605\">Saturation totale<\/em> \u2013 were widely acclaimed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\" data-start=\"2656\" data-end=\"2689\"><strong>Meet the Author: Jakub Szama\u0142ek<\/strong><br \/>Launch of the French edition of <em data-start=\"2724\" data-end=\"2737\">&#8222;Stacja&#8221; <\/em>(PL)<br \/>Moderator and translator: Kamil Barbarski<br \/>Discussion in French, English, and Polish<br \/><strong>4 October 2025, 18:30<\/strong><br \/><strong>LIBREBOOK \u2013 The European Multilingual Bookshop in Brussels<\/strong><br data-start=\"2918\" data-end=\"2921\" \/>Chauss\u00e9e de Wavre 128, 1050 Ixelles<br \/><strong>Free entry<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2656\" data-end=\"2689\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17742 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/logo-librebook.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"70\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mt-3 w-full empty:hidden\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are pleased to welcome Jakub Szama\u0142ek to Brussels for the launch of the French edition of his latest novel La\u00a0Station (original title Stacja). 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His knowledge of space exploration is woven into the story so smoothly and accessibly that while reading The Station, you may find yourself feeling like a NASA engineer.\nPublication history\nStacja (original title), 31 May 2023, Poland, GWFoksal\nInner Space (trans. Kasia Beresford), 15 July 2025 (US), 28 August 2025 (UK), HarperCollins Publishers\nLa Station (trans. Kamil Barbarski), 3 October 2025, France, \u00c9ditions M\u00e9taili\u00e9\nJakub Szama\u0142ek (*1986) is a writer and screenwriter at CD Projekt RED (creator of The Witcher video game series). He studied at Oxford and holds a doctorate in Mediterranean archaeology from the University of Cambridge, supported by a Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation scholarship.\nHe is the author of a detective trilogy featuring the Athenian investigator Leochares, for which he received the Wielki Kaliber Readers\u2019 Award (2011) and the Wielki Kaliber Award (2016). Together with Maria Paw\u0142owska, he co-authored the children\u2019s book Kim jest \u015blimak Sam? (Who Is Sam the Snail?), now part of the Museum of Children\u2019s Books collection. 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