A petition dated by March 11, 2020, for the declaration of the Year of Lem was submitted to Marshal of Sejm by Wydawnictwo Literackie (a major publisher of Stanisław Lem's books), the Kraków Festival Bureau, and the Stanisław Lem Poland of the Future Foundation (Polish: Fundacja Polska Przyszłości im.
[5] The preparations for this celebration have been underway in Kraków, the city associated with Lem, for several years.
These preparations include the establishment of Kraków Centre of Literature and Language "Planet Lem" intended to popularize the works of Lem and to supplement the project "Lem 2021", implemented within the UNESCO program "Kraków is the City of Literature ("Kraków Miasto Literatury").
[6] The major event will be the celebration of Lem's birthday (September 12–14) at the ICE Kraków Congress Centre [pl].
Lem will be the focus of number of regular events, such as Children's Literature Festival and Sacrum Profanum Festival, as well as in theaters, musical works, symposia and conferences.