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Ryszard Kapuściński
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Ryszard Kapuściński was a Polish male author born in Pinsk on March 4, 1932. He was educated at the University of Warsaw and began his work period in 1956. His notable works include The Shadow of the Sun, Heban, Gorzki smak wody, Rwący nurt historii, Spotkanie z innym jako wyzwanie XXI wieku, and Wiersze zebrane. He was a member of the Polish United Workers' Party and belonged to the European Academy of Sciences and Arts and Stowarzyszenie Pisarzy Polskich.
Kapuściński received the Princess of Asturias Award for Communications and Humanities, the Samuel-Bogumil-Linde prize, and the Leipzig Book Award for European Understanding. He was a Roman Catholic who spoke Polish. He died of myocardial infarction under natural causes in Warsaw on January 23, 2007. He is buried at Powązki Military Cemetery.
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- Born
- March 4, 1932
- Died
- January 23, 2007
- Works
- 79
Top works
- Heban
- Gorzki smak wody
- Rwący nurt historii
- Spotkanie z innym jako wyzwanie XXI wieku
- Wiersze zebrane
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ryszard
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Poland
- Place of birth
- Pinsk
- Place of death
- Warsaw
- Occupation
- opinion journalist
- Educated at
- University of Warsaw
- Political party
- Polish United Workers' Party
- Languages spoken
- Polish
- Religion
- Roman Catholic
- Notable work
- The Shadow of the Sun
- Field of work
- fiction
- Image
- Ryszard Kapuscinski, author-writer, at PEN Congress.jpg
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- place of burial
- Powązki Military Cemetery
- Commons category
- Ryszard Kapuściński
- date of birth
- 1932-03-04
- date of death
- 2007-01-23
- ethnic group
- Poles
- member of
- Stowarzyszenie Pisarzy Polskich
- topic's main category
- Category:Ryszard Kapuściński
- Commons gallery
- Ryszard Kapuściński
- name in native language
- Ryszard Kapuściński
- start of work period
- 1956-00-00
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- manner of death
- natural causes
- IPA transcription
- /ˈrɨʂart kapuɕˈt͡ɕiɲski/
- writing language
- Polish
- described at URL
- v2.nl/people/ryszard-kapuscinski
- end of work period
- 2007-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
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Ryszard Kapuściński ( Polish: [ˈrɨʂart kapuˈɕt͡ɕij̃skʲi] ; 4 March 1932 – 23 January 2007) was a Polish journalist, photographer 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".
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