Background
Marek Baraniecki was born on June 16, 1954 in Gliwice, Poland.
Marek Baraniecki was born on June 16, 1954 in Gliwice, Poland.
He graduated in environmental engineering.
A graduate of Silesian University of Technology, for several years he worked as an environmental engineer before committing himself to journalism and writing. His literary début was "Karlgoro godzina 18" ("Karlgoro, 6pm"), a short short story published in Fantastyka magazine. Secretariat in a post-apocalyptic world, in 2004 Głowa Kasandry was voted by Gazeta Wyborcza"s readers one of the top seven post-apocalyptic novels of all times, alongside the works by Jack London, Herbert Wells and Stephen King.
Currently Głowa Kasandry is being prepared for cinema under a working title Cassandra.
Science fiction drama.