https://kapuscinski.info/en/tags/facts/Recent content in Facts on kapuscinski.infoHugoen-USSun, 07 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://kapuscinski.info/en/biography/facts-about-kapuscinski/Sun, 07 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://kapuscinski.info/en/biography/facts-about-kapuscinski/<p>Over decades Ryszard Kapuściński built the legend of a reporter omnipresent in places others feared to reach. Below are fourteen facts from his life and work — some well known, some surprising even to readers of his books.</p> <p>📖 <strong>See also:</strong> <a href="https://kapuscinski.info/en/biography/">Biography of Kapuściński</a> · <a href="https://kapuscinski.info/en/quotes/">Quotes by Kapuściński</a> · <a href="https://kapuscinski.info/en/books/">All books</a></p> <hr> <h2 id="1-he-witnessed-27-revolutions-and-coups">1. He witnessed 27 revolutions and coups</h2> <p>Kapuściński himself admitted that over several decades of reporting he was a direct witness to twenty-seven revolutions and coups. He covered them on three continents — in Africa, Latin America and Asia. For years he was practically the only Polish journalist in places where the fate of entire countries was decided.</p>