Adam Michnik, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Adam Michnik

Polish historian, essayist and former dissident

Date of Birth: 17-Oct-1946

Place of Birth: Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland

Profession: writer, politician, historian, journalist, trade unionist

Nationality: Poland

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Adam Michnik (Polish pronunciation: ['adam 'mix?ik]; born 17 October 1946) is a Polish historian, essayist, former dissident, public intellectual, and editor-in-chief of the Polish newspaper, Gazeta Wyborcza. Reared in a family of committed communists, Michnik became an opponent of Poland's communist regime at the time of the party's anti-Jewish purges.
He was imprisoned after the 1968 March Events and again after the imposition of martial law in 1981. Michnik played a crucial role during the Polish Round Table Talks, as a result of which the communists agreed to call elections in 1989, which were won by Solidarity.
Though he has withdrawn from active politics, he has "maintained an influential voice through journalism".
He has received many awards and honors, including the Legion of Honour and European of the Year.