Ryszard Kapuściński

He worked for many years as a foreign correspondent of the Polish Press Agency in Africa , and is perhaps best known for his book on that continent, The Shadow of the Sun (1998). Other books by Kapuściński include: Another Day of Life (1976) The Soccer War (1978) [see Football War for what this book is about] The Emperor: Downfall of an Autocrat (1978) Shah of Shahs (1982) Imperium (1993) Podróże z Herodotem (2004) v t e v t e

Ryszard Kapuściński ( ; March 4, 1932 - January 23, 2007) was a highly regarded Polish journalist and writer whose dispatches in book form brought him a global reputation. Also a photographer and poet , he was born in Pińsk –now in Belarus –in the Kresy Wschodnie , or eastern borderlands of the second Polish Republic . Much of Kapuściński's work is considered to ascend to the heights of literature. Kapuscinski himself called his work "literary reportage" in a 2001 interview.

Ryszard Kapuściński ( ; March 4, 1932 – January 23, 2007) was a Polish journalist, photographer, poet and author. He received many awards and was considered a candidate for the Nobel Prize for Literature . Kapuściński's personal journals in book form attracted both controversy and admiration for blurring the conventions of reportage with the allegory and magical realism of literature. He was the Communist -era Polish Press Agency 's only correspondent in Africa during decolonization , and also worked in South America and Asia. Between 1956 and 1981 he reported on 27 revolutions and coups, until he was fired because of his support for the pro-democracy Solidarity movement in his native country. He was celebrated by other practitioners of the genre. The acclaimed Italian reportage-writer Tiziano Terzani , Colombian writer Gabriel García Márquez , and Chilean writer Luis Sepúlveda accorded him the title "Maestro".

Polish journalist, photographer, poet and author (1932–2007) "Kapuscinski" redirects here. Ryszard Kapuściński ( ; 4 March 1932 – 23 January 2007) was a Polish journalist, photographer, poet and author. He received many awards and was considered a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature . Kapuściński's personal journals in book form attracted both controversy and admiration for blurring the conventions of reportage with the allegory and magical realism of literature. He was the Communist -era Polish Press Agency 's only correspondent in Africa during decolonization , and also worked in South America and Asia. Between 1956 and 1981 he reported on 27 revolutions and coups, until he was fired because of his support for the pro-democracy Solidarity movement in his native country. He was celebrated by other practitioners of the genre. The acclaimed Italian reportage-writer Tiziano Terzani , Colombian writer Gabriel García Márquez , and Chilean writer Luis Sepúlveda accorded him the title "Maestro". Notable works include Jeszcze dzień życia (1976; Another Day of Life ), about Angola ; Cesarz (1978; The Emperor , 1983), about the downfall of Ethiopian ruler Haile Selassie , also considered to be a satire of Communist Poland; Wojna futbolowa (1978; The Soccer War , 1991), an account of the 1969 conflict between Honduras and El Salvador, and other stories from the life of the reporter in Africa and Latin America; Szachinszach (1982; Shah of Shahs , 2006) about the downfall of the last Shah of Persia ; Imperium (1993) an account of his travels through the collapsing Soviet Union; Heban (1998), later published in English as The Shadow of the Sun (2001), the story of his years in Africa; and Podróże z Herodotem (2004; Travels with Herodotus ), in which he ponders over relevance of The Histories by Herodotus to a modern reporter's job.

Polish journalist, photographer, poet and author (1932–2007) "Kapuscinski" redirects here. Ryszard Kapuściński ( Polish: [ˈrɨʂart kapuˈɕt͡ɕij̃skʲi] ; 4 March 1932 – 23 January 2007) was a Polish journalist, photographer, poet and author. He received many prestigious awards and was considered a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature . Kapuściński's personal journals in book form attracted both controversy and admiration for blurring the conventions of reportage with the allegory and magical realism of literature. He was the Communist -era Polish Press Agency 's only correspondent in Africa during decolonization , and also worked in South America and Asia. Between 1956 and 1981 he reported on 27 revolutions and coups, until he was fired because of his support for the pro-democracy Solidarity movement in his native country. He was celebrated by other practitioners of the genre. The acclaimed Italian reportage-writer Tiziano Terzani , Colombian writer Gabriel García Márquez , and Chilean writer Luis Sepúlveda accorded him the title "Maestro". Notable works include Jeszcze dzień życia (1976; Another Day of Life ), about Angola ; Cesarz (1978; The Emperor , 1983), about the downfall of Ethiopian ruler Haile Selassie , also considered to be a satire of Communist Poland; Wojna futbolowa (1978; The Soccer War , 1991), an account of the 1969 conflict between Honduras and El Salvador, and other stories from the life of the reporter in Africa and Latin America; Szachinszach (1982; Shah of Shahs , 2006) about the downfall of the last Shah of Iran ; Imperium (1993), an account of his travels through the collapsing Soviet Union; Heban (1998), later published in English as The Shadow of the Sun (2001), the story of his years in Africa; and Podróże z Herodotem (2004; Travels with Herodotus ), in which he ponders over relevance of The Histories by Herodotus to a modern reporter's job.