The Last Wish

short story collection by Andrzej Sapkowski
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Summary

The Last Wish is a literary work[1].

Key Facts

  • Author: Andrzej Sapkowski[2]
  • Award received: Ignotus Award for Best Anthology[3], Tähtifantasia Award[4]
  • Genre: fantasy[5]
  • Follows: The Sword of Destiny[6]
  • Followed by: The Sword of Destiny[7]
  • Part of the series: The Witcher[8]
  • Language of work or name: Polish[9]
  • Country of origin: Poland[10]
  • Has part(s): The Voice of Reason[11], The Witcher[12], A Grain of Truth[13], The Lesser Evil[14], A Question of Price[15], The Edge of the World[16], The Last Wish[17]
  • Inception: 1986[18]
  • Publication date: 1993[19]
  • Characters: Geralt of Rivia[20]
  • Has edition or translation: The Last Wish: Introducing The Witcher[21], Вядзьмар. Апошняе жаданне[22]
  • Nominated for: Stalker[23]
  • Takes place in fictional universe: The Witcher universe[24]
  • Title: Ostatnie życzenie[25]
  • First line: Przyszła do niego nad ranem.[26]
  • Last line: – Żegnaj – szepnęła, nie patrząc mu w oczy.[27]
  • Copyright status: copyrighted[28]
  • Form of creative work: fix-up[29], short story collection[30]

FAQs

What awards did The Last Wish receive?

Honors received include Ignotus Award for Best Anthology[3] and Tähtifantasia Award[4].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  5. [3] ↑ . aefcft.com. aefcft.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . FantLab. fantlab.ru. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  18. [19] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . FantLab. fantlab.ru. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  27. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14d ago · Rdrozd · 2026-10-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Last line → {'lang': 'pl', 'text': '– Żegnaj – szepnęła, nie patrząc mu
    Copyright status → copyrighted
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ First line: Przyszła do niego nad ranem."
  2. 17d ago · Rdrozd · 2026-10-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'az', 'be', 'br', 'cs', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'he', 'hu', 'it', '
    First line → {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'Przyszła do niego nad ranem.'}
    Sitelink count → 25
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    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ First line: Przyszła do niego nad ranem."
  3. 25w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Language of work or name → Polish
    Inception → +1986-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Genre → —
    Country of origin → Poland
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