Ryszard Kapuściński
Ryszard Kapuściński 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.
Background
- Born in
- Pinsk
- Educated at
- University of Warsaw
- Awards
- 🏆 Viareggio-Versilia International Prize🏆 Q131138036🏆 Leipzig Book Award for European Understanding🏆 Samuel-Bogumil-Linde prize🏆 Lire magazine's Best book of the year
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Trending topics shown first"Life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity and stumble from defeat to defeat."
"It is authority that provokes revolution....This occurs when a feeling of impunity takes root among the elite: We are allowed anything, we can do anything. This is a delusion, but it rests on a certai…"
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Timeline
1932
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Birth2007
Died
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