Editing Janusz Zajdel (section)

==Recognition==
In 1973 Zajdel received an honorary award Magnum Trophaeum from the ''Młody Technik'' (''Young Technician'') magazine for long-term cooperation.<ref>Janusz A. Zajdel, ''List Pożegnalny'', 1989, {{ISBN|8370011896}}, p. 6.</ref> In 1980 Zajdel received the [[Polish Ministry of Culture and Arts]] Best SF Book of the Year Award for ''Van Troff's Cylinder''.<ref>Robert Klementowski, "Modelowe boksowanie ze światem: polska literatura fantastyczna na przełomie lat 70. i 80", 2003, {{ISBN|8373226087}}, p. 124</ref> Zajdel also received the [[Golden Sepulka]] Award two times: for ''Limes Inferior'' (1982 novel; 1983 award) and ''Wyjście z cienia'' ("Out of the Shadow") (1983 novel; 1984 award).<ref name=culture/> He was awarded the [[Medal of Merit for National Defence]] for his educational film scripts. Winner of [[Śląkfa]] for 1984.<ref name=WPP />

In 1984 Polish fantasy and science fiction [[fandom]] (associated with the Polish SF convention [[Polcon]]) decided to establish an annual award, initially named ''Sfinks'' ("Sphynx"). Janusz A. Zajdel became the first winner of this award, for his 1984 novel ''Paradyzja''. He won the award posthumously in 1985, shortly after his death, at which time it was decided to rename the award after him, and it became known as the [[Janusz A. Zajdel Award]].<ref name=culture/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://zajdel.art.pl/historia-nagrody/|title=Historia Nagrody|access-date=29 September 2014|language=pl|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006093305/http://zajdel.art.pl/historia-nagrody/|archive-date=6 October 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

[[Frederik Pohl]] dedicated the anthology ''[[Tales From The Planet Earth]]'' to Zajdel and [[A. Bertram Chandler]].<ref name="PohlHull1986">{{cite book|author1=Frederik Pohl|author2=Elizabeth Anne Hull|title=Tales From The Planet Earth|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jvBeJQw39RYC|date=15 October 1986|publisher=St. Martin's Press|isbn=978-0-312-78420-1}} p. v</ref>