Ryszard Kapuściński, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Ryszard Kapuściński

Polish journalist, photographer, poet and author

Date of Birth: 04-Mar-1932

Place of Birth: Pinsk, Brest Region, Belarus

Date of Death: 23-Jan-2007

Profession: photographer, writer, poet, translator, journalist

Nationality: Poland

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Ryszard Kapuściński

  • Ryszard Kapuscinski (Polish: ['r??art kapu?'t??ij~sk?i] (listen); 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.
  • Kapuscinski'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 having accorded him the title "Maestro".Notable works include Jeszcze dzien zycia (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; The Shadow of the Sun, 2001), the story of his years in Africa, and Podróze z Herodotem (2004; Travels with Herodotus), in which he ponders over relevance of The Histories by Herodotus to a modern reporter's job.

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