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Fact, Fiction and Kapuscinski

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000

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/

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An article published on The Lede, the New York Times blog devoted to media analysis and running events, immediately after the Polish publication of Artur Domoslawski’s Kapuscinski Non-Fiction in March 2010.

Kapuściński, More Magical than Real

Mon, 12 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Author: Michela Wrong, John Pilger
Source: New Statesman, February 12, 2007
Link: https://www.newstatesman.com/media/2007/02/kapuscinski-journalism-africa

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An article published three weeks after Kapuscinski’s death by the New Statesman — among the first interventions by experienced Western correspondents in the argument over his legacy.

Michela Wrong — the British journalist and author of reportage from Congo, Kenya and Rwanda — puts the question that had been avoided for years: was the enthusiasm for Kapuscinski in Western newsrooms based partly on readers’ ignorance of Africa? Where the writing was beautiful, the details went unchecked. Wrong knows the continent too well to miss the simplifications.

Ryszard Kapuściński: Defending his literary license

Tue, 30 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Author: Meghan O’Rourke
Source: Slate Magazine, January 30, 2007
Link: https://slate.com/culture/2007/01/ryszard-kapuscinski-defending-his-literary-license.html

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A reply to Jack Shafer’s The Lies of Ryszard Kapuscinski, published five days later by the same magazine. O’Rourke — a literary critic and poet — does not defend Kapuscinski at any cost, but she questions whether the standards of hard news reportage are the right ones to apply to his work.

The Lies of Ryszard Kapuściński

Thu, 25 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Author: Jack Shafer
Source: Slate Magazine, January 25, 2007
Link: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2007/01/the-lies-of-ryszard-kapuscinski.html

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One of the most contested pieces ever written about Kapuscinski — published in Slate literally the day after his death, which by itself provoked sharp reactions among journalists. Shafer, a well-known media critic, states the charge outright: Kapuscinski was a liar.

Misguided Tour

Tue, 24 Apr 2001 00:00:00 +0000

Author: Aleksandar Hemon
Source: The Village Voice, April 24, 2001

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A review by the Bosnian-American writer Aleksandar Hemon, published on the occasion of the English edition of The Shadow of the Sun. Hemon — himself a writer in two languages, intimately familiar with the experience of being the foreigner — raises objections that would become the groundwork of the later postcolonial debate.