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Robert Mackey in The New York Times' Lede blog on the controversy around Artur Domoslawski's biography of Kapuscinski.
Author: Robert Mackey Source: The New York Times — The Lede Blog, March 8, 2010 Link: https://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/08/fact-fiction-and-kapuscinski/ Editorial summary by kapuscinski.info. …
The Washington Post on Ryszard Kapuscinski, the Polish journalist who covered 27 revolutions and became a master of literary journalism.
Ryszard Kapuscinski, 74, a danger-courting Polish journalist and widely translated author who covered 27 revolutions and was among the most celebrated war correspondents of his generation, died Jan. …
Ryszard Kapuscinski, the Polish journalist and author who documented the world's conflicts, has died at the age of 74.
WARSAW, Poland(Reuters) – Polish journalist and author Ryszard Kapuscinski, whose chronicles of the world’s trouble spots won him an international reputation, died on Tuesday, the PAP news …
The Washington Post on Ryszard Kapuscinski, whose reportage from Africa and Latin America changed what journalism could be.
Maybe there’s something about those brutal winters on the high northern plains of Eastern Europe, stuck defenseless between Berlin and Moscow, the peasant huts and concrete apartments smelling …
The life and work of Ryszard Kapuscinski, the world's reporter, who gave himself to documenting human history and the struggle for human rights.
“Why am I a writer? Why have I risked my life so many times, come so close to dying? Is it to report the weirdness? To earn my salary? Mine is not a vocation, it’s a mission. I …
Ryszard Kapuscinski, the Polish journalist and writer who witnessed conflicts across the world, died in Warsaw at the age of 74.
Ryszard Kapuscinski, a globe-trotting journalist from Poland whose writing, often tinged with magical realism, brought him critical acclaim and a wide international readership, died yesterday in …
The Independent on the life and career of Ryszard Kapuscinski, the Polish reporter who documented life under authoritarian rule.
Ryszard Kapuscinski, journalist: born Pinsk, Poland 4 March 1932; married 1952 Alicja Mielczarek (one daughter); died Warsaw 23 January 2007. The Polish reporter Ryszard Kapuscinski was the 20th …
Ryszard Kapuscinski, the Polish writer and journalist who won an international readership with his books on the world's conflicts, has died.
WARSAW, Poland: Ryszard Kapuscinski, a Polish writer and journalist who gained international acclaim for his books chronicling wars, coups and revolutions in Africa, the Middle East and other parts of …
The Financial Times on the life and work of Ryszard Kapuscinski, the Polish journalist who raised reportage to the rank of literature.
Ryszard Kapuscinski, the celebrated Polish journalist who earned a worldwide reputation for his reports from Africa, Asia and Latin America, has died at the age of 74. Polish and non-Polish …
Ryszard Kapuscinski, the world-renowned Polish writer and journalist who reported the wars and revolutions of Africa and the Middle East, has died.
WARSAW, Poland (AP) – Ryszard Kapuscinski, a Polish writer and journalist who gained international acclaim for his books chronicling wars, coups and revolutions in Africa, the Middle East and …
Ryszard Kapuscinski, the Polish journalist who covered the world's conflicts and wrote 19 books translated into 30 languages, has died.
WARSAW(Reuters) - Polish journalist and author Ryszard Kapuscinski, whose chronicles of the world’s trouble spots won him an international reputation, died on Tuesday, the PAP news agency said. …
A critical reading of Kapuscinski's legacy and his orientalism, seen through gonzo journalism and postcolonial perspectives.
“The European mind is willing to acknowledge its limitations, accept its limitations. It is a sceptical mind. The spirit of criticism does not exist in other cultures. They are proud, believing that …
Ryszard Kapuscinski, the Polish journalist and writer who witnessed 27 coups and conflicts around the world, died in 2007.
ANKARA: Ryszard Kapuscinski, a globe-trotting journalist from Poland whose writing, often tinged with magical realism, brought him critical acclaim and a wide international readership, died Tuesday in …
Ryszard Kapuscinski, the legendary Polish journalist and writer, has died in Warsaw. A Warsaw Voice account of his career and his contribution to world journalism.
Ryszard Kapuściński, one of the best known Polish journalists and writers, died in Warsaw after a long illness Jan. 23. He was active until the last days of his life, meeting his readers and planning …
Ian Jack on the life and work of Ryszard Kapuscinski, the master of reportage who spent his career inside the world's crises.
No reporter ever brought the world’s trouble spots to life with the vividness of the great Ryszard Kapuscinski. To mark his death this week, Ian Jack recalls his late friend’s …
Ryszard Kapuscinski, the legendary reporter and founder of a new literary journalism, who documented revolutions in Africa and Latin America.
Ryszard Kapuscinski’s chief metier was Africa and Latin America in the throes of violent revolution. As a roving foreign correspondent for Poland’s state press agency for more than two …
A Warsaw Voice essay on the life and work of Ryszard Kapuscinski, the reporter who raised journalism to the rank of literature and won a world audience.
In those unbelievable times ordinary Poles got up at dawn to stand in line in front of a bookstore, to hunt down their dream book. They followed world politics avidly, and knew more about the Third …
The life and career of Ryszard Kapuscinski, the legendary reporter and writer who covered conflicts across the world.
Remembering Ryszard Kapuscinski, who left journalism to carve out a special place in the literary landscape. In 1966 at the height of the Nigerian civil war, an unassuming-looking Polish journalist by …
A personal tribute to Ryszard Kapuscinski, the great Polish reporter whose writing pushed generations to look at the wider world.
Author:Michael Werbowski, Source:Ohmy News A few days ago, a citizen reporter wrote about the reporter and great satirist Art Buchwald who died recently. I thought it appropriate to follow up with a …
Donald Morrison in Time Magazine on Ryszard Kapuscinski and the tradition of travel journalism.
Author: Donald Morrison Source: Time Magazine, June 7, 2007 Editorial summary by kapuscinski.info. The text below is a summary based on the original article. The full article is available in the Time …
Michela Wrong and John Pilger in the New Statesman on Kapuscinski's contested legacy and the argument over fact and fiction in his reportage.
Author: Michela Wrong, John Pilger Source: New Statesman, February 12, 2007 Link: https://www.newstatesman.com/media/2007/02/kapuscinski-journalism-africa Editorial summary by kapuscinski.info. The …
Meghan O'Rourke replies to Jack Shafer in Slate, defending Kapuscinski's literary method and his right to cross the borders of straight reportage.
Author: Meghan O’Rourke Source: Slate Magazine, January 30, 2007 Link: https://slate.com/culture/2007/01/ryszard-kapuscinski-defending-his-literary-license.html Editorial summary by …
The Pittsburgh Post Gazette reviews The Shadow of the Sun — on the conditions of life in Africa that Kapuscinski came to know in Nigeria, Ghana, Liberia and Rwanda.
source: Pittsburgh Post Gazette archive source: info-poland.buffalo.edu ‘The Shadow of the Sun’ by Ryszard Kapuscinski ‘The Shadow of the Sun’ by Ryszard Kapuscinski Polish …
Four reviews of Kapuscinski's books from the New York Times and Newsweek — The Shadow of the Sun, Another Day of Life and Imperium.
source: New York Times, Newsweek archive source: info-poland.buffalo.edu via arlindo-correia.com Ryszard Kapuscinski 8-6-2001 Ryszard Kapuscinski (1932 ) Born in Pinsk, now in Belarus, in 1932, …
A Powell's Books review — on Kapuscinski's reading of events in Rwanda, Angola and Liberia.
source: Powell’s Books archive source: info-poland.buffalo.edu Our Man in Africa A Review by Frank Bures Ryszard Kapuscinski has been roaming the world for forty years now, dodging bullets, …
Ryszard Kapuscinski's second essay under the title One World, Two Civilizations, published in New Perspectives Quarterly, Winter 2002.
Author: Ryszard Kapuściński source: New Perspectives Quarterly, Winter 2002 archive source: info-poland.buffalo.edu One World, Two Civilizations Ryszard Kapuscinski, a member of NPQ’s advisory …
Ryszard Kapuscinski in New Perspectives Quarterly, based on a conversation from January 1986, on the two civilizations sharing one world.
Author: Ryszard Kapuściński source: New Perspectives Quarterly, Spring 1986 archive source: info-poland.buffalo.edu One World, Two Civilizations As a foreign correspondent for the Polish Press Agency, …
Five New York Times reviews of Kapuscinski's books — The Soccer War, The Emperor, Shah of Shahs and Imperium.
source: New York Times archive source: info-poland.buffalo.edu via arlindo-correia.com THE SOCCER WAR Dispatches From a Secret Continent Ryszard Kapuscinski is celebrated for two books on the third …
A translated Rzeczpospolita article on Kapuscinski's prize nomination — from reportage to literature.
source: Rzeczpospolita (tłumaczenie) archive source: info-poland.buffalo.edu Ryszard Kapuscinki: From Reporting to Literature Ryszard Kapuscinki: From Reporting to Literature A great reporter …
The Economist reviews Ryszard Kapuscinski's work.
source: The Economist archive source: info-poland.buffalo.edu The Shadow of the Sun. By Ryszard Kapuscinski. Knopf; 325 pages; $25. Allen Lane, The Penguin Press; £18.99 LIKE a mounted cavalryman …
John Ryle's long critical essay on The Shadow of the Sun in the Times Literary Supplement — the sharpest English-language challenge to Kapuscinski's method.
Author: John Ryle source: Times Literary Supplement archive source: info-poland.buffalo.edu At play in the bush of ghosts Tropical baroque, African reality and the work of Ryszard Kapuscinski by JOHN …
A dispatch by Ryszard Kapuscinski on the turbulent African year of 1966 — the year of nine coups d'etat.
Author: Ryszard Kapuściński source: Compass archive source: info-poland.buffalo.edu Compass Vol. 14 #1, Kapuscinski Article Dossier: Vietnam and Africa, Volume 14 #1 Africa’s Year of Coups and …
A World Press Review profile of Ryszard Kapuscinski — the portrait of a poet among journalists.
source: World Press Review archive source: info-poland.buffalo.edu A Poet Among Journalists “More than anything, one is struck by the light,” writes Ryszard Kapuscinski in The Shadow of the Sun, his …
Jack Shafer's contested Slate article questioning the factual reliability of Kapuscinski's reportage, published shortly after the writer's death.
Author: Jack Shafer Source: Slate Magazine, January 25, 2007 Link: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2007/01/the-lies-of-ryszard-kapuscinski.html Editorial summary by kapuscinski.info. The text …
Victoria Brittain's obituary of Ryszard Kapuscinski, published in The Guardian the day after his death.
Author: Victoria Brittain Source: The Guardian, January 25, 2007 Link: https://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/jan/25/guardianobituaries.mainsection Editorial summary by kapuscinski.info. The text below …
Michael T. Kaufman's obituary of Ryszard Kapuscinski, published in The New York Times on the day of the writer's death.
Author: Michael T. Kaufman Source: The New York Times, January 24, 2007 Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/24/books/24kap.html Editorial summary by kapuscinski.info. The text below is a summary …
Neal Ascherson in The New York Review of Books reviews The Shadow of the Sun and examines Kapuscinski's method as a reporter.
Author: Neal Ascherson Source: The New York Review of Books, June 21, 2001 Link: https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2001/06/21/in-the-pit-of-history/ Editorial summary by kapuscinski.info. The text …
W. F. Deedes reviews The Shadow of the Sun in The Daily Telegraph — a warm assessment of Kapuscinski's African reportage.
Author: W. F. Deedes Source: The Daily Telegraph (UK), June 15, 2001 Editorial summary by kapuscinski.info. The text below is a summary based on the original article. The full article is available in …
Geoff Dyer reviews The Shadow of the Sun in The Guardian — an epic of African travel by the great Polish foreign correspondent.
Book reviewed: The Shadow of the Sun (Polish title: Heban) — Ryszard Kapuściński Reviewed by: Geoff Dyer Date: Saturday, 2 June 2001 Source: The Guardian Editorial summary by kapuscinski.info. The …
Aleksandar Hemon's critical review in the Village Voice, charging Kapuscinski with essentialism in his portrait of Africa.
Author: Aleksandar Hemon Source: The Village Voice, April 24, 2001 Editorial summary by kapuscinski.info. The text below is a summary based on the original article. The full article is available in …
Adam Hochschild in The New York Review of Books on Kapuscinski's writing — his reporting method and his relationship with fact.
Author: Adam Hochschild Source: The New York Review of Books, November 3, 1994 Link: https://www.nybooks.com/articles/1994/11/03/magic-journalism/ Editorial summary by kapuscinski.info. The text below …
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