Ryszard Kapuściński (1932–2007)
Autor(a) de The Shadow of the Sun
About the Author
Ryszard Kapuscinski was born in Pinsk, a city now in Belarus on March 4, 1932. He received a master's degree in history from the University of Warsaw. He worked for the Communist journal Sztandar Mlodych, The Flag of Youth. He wrote an article describing the misery and despair of steel workers at a mostrar mais new steel plant outside of Krakow that the party bosses had extolled as a showpiece of proletarian culture. He was fired and forced into hiding. Later his findings were confirmed by a blue-ribbon task force and he was awarded Poland's Golden Cross of Merit. In 1962, PAP, the Polish news agency, appointed him its only correspondent in the third world. His articles about third world conflicts eventually appeared in a series of books including The Emperor: Downfall of an Autocrat, about the lapsed life of Haile Selassie's imperial court; The Soccer War, which dealt with Latin American conflicts; Another Day of Life, about Angola's civil war; Shah of Shahs, about the rise and fall of Iran's last monarch; and Imperium, an account of his travels through Russia and its neighbors after the collapse of the Soviet Union. He also wrote for The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, and Granta. In 1981, the government of General Wojciech Jaruzelski stripped him of his journalistic credentials after he committed himself to the Solidarity trade union movement. He then began working with underground publishers, contributing poems, and supporting the dissident culture. He died January 23, 2007 at the age of 74. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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Obras por Ryszard Kapuściński
Die Erde ist ein gewalttätiges Paradies: Reportagen, Essays, Interviews aus vierzig Jahren (2000) 13 exemplares
De draagbare Kapuscinski zijn mooiste reportages, gekozen en ingeleid door Frank Westerman (2015) 4 exemplares
Spacer poranny = My morning walk = Morgendlicher Spaziergang = Paseo matutino : fotografiami z Pola Mokotowskiego (2009) 3 exemplares
evenos: to chroma tis afrikis. o polemos tou podosfairou. taxidia me ton irodoto (2009) 2 exemplares
Notes 2 exemplares
De draagbare Kapusciński 1 exemplar
EL EMPERADOR 1 exemplar
TJETRI 1 exemplar
Dlaczego zginął Karol von Spreti 1 exemplar
Cesarz 1 exemplar
Gỗ Mun 1 exemplar
Hoàng Đế 1 exemplar
2 1 exemplar
Szahinszach 1 exemplar
Il cinico non è adatto a questo mestiere (Tascabili e/o Vol. 147) (Italian Edition) (2012) 1 exemplar
Şahların Şahı 1 exemplar
Día mas con vida, Una 1 exemplar
The Emperor and the Shah of Shahs 1 exemplar
Ebbenhout 1 exemplar
Associated Works
The Art of Fact: A Historical Anthology of Literary Journalism (1997) — Contribuidor — 214 exemplares
An American Album: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Harper's Magazine (2000) — Contribuidor — 131 exemplares
The Wall in My Head: Words and Images from the Fall of the Iron Curtain (2009) — Contribuidor — 54 exemplares
Adrenaline 2001: The Year's Best Stories of Adventure and Survival (2001) — Contribuidor — 22 exemplares
Op reis met... — Contribuidor — 6 exemplares
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Conhecimento Comum
- Nome canónico
- Kapuściński, Ryszard
- Nome legal
- Kapuściński, Ryszard
- Data de nascimento
- 1932-03-04
- Data de falecimento
- 2007-01-23
- Localização do túmulo
- Cmentarz Powązkowski, Warsaw, Poland
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- Polen
- Local de nascimento
- Pińsk, Poland
- Local de falecimento
- Warsaw, Poland
- Locais de residência
- Pińsk, Poland
Warsaw, Poland - Educação
- Stanisław Staszic Gymnasium, Warsaw, Poland
Warsaw University, Poland - Organizações
- Polska Agencja Prasowa (Polish Press Agency)
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Folio Archives 289: Travels with Herodotus by Ryszard Kapuściński 2012 em Folio Society Devotees (Outubro 2022)
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 91
- Also by
- 20
- Membros
- 9,279
- Popularidade
- #2,598
- Avaliação
- 4.1
- Críticas
- 200
- ISBN
- 528
- Línguas
- 25
- Marcado como favorito
- 55
Ryszard Kapuscinski
Publicado: 1993 | 327 páginas
Crónica Historia Memorias Viajes
Ryszard Kapuściński, el «periodista legendario» en palabras de Franco Marcoaldi, nos ofrece un fascinante relato de recuerdos y exploraciones de la Unión Soviética absolutamente imprescindible, un fascinante reportaje polifónico, uno de los grandes libros de la década. Kapuściński realizó entre 1989 y 1991 un largo viaje por los vastos territorios de la Unión Soviética. En esos años decisivos, cuando el imperio presentaba ya síntomas de derrumbe, este implacable e incisivo cronista de su siglo visitó quince repúblicas y habló con cientos de ciudadanos acerca de las extraordinarias experiencias que les había tocado en suerte vivir, y el terror del cual estaban saliendo. Este libro (que comprende también un relato de las primeras incursiones de Ryszard Kapuściński en la Unión Soviética, entre los años 1939 y 1967) es el producto de una carrera contra el tiempo para atrapar las memorias de los anónimos protagonistas de la Historia antes de que los terribles y pasmosos acontecimientos de esos años entren para siempre en el pasado. Guiado por su curiosidad insaciable y su pasión por la verdad, Kapuściński nos cuenta el derrumbe de este imperio desde el interior mismo de la ballena, con el íntimo conocimiento que le otorga ser un ciudadano polaco cuyo propio país fue una de las colonias periféricas de dicho imperio.… (mais)