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Polish reporter Kapuscinski dies
Ryszard Kapuscinski
Kapuscinski became a foreign correspondent in 1962
Poland's most celebrated journalist and non-fiction writer, Ryszard
Kapuscinski, has died in Warsaw, aged 74, after a serious illness.
He made his name in Africa in the 1960s, where he was the Polish Press
Agency's only foreign correspondent.
He wrote widely on wars and dictators, chronicling the last days' of
Ethiopia's Haile Selassie and the Shah of Iran.
He also wrote books on the fall of the Soviet Union and Central
America.
Born in Pinsk, now in Belarus, in 1932, he studied history and joined
the Polish Press Agency in the late 1950s.
Sent abroad in 1959, he was given the job of covering Africa
single-handed for the Polish press, travelling widely across the continent and
reporting on a number of wars.
He also reported from countries in Asia and South America, witnessing
27 coups or revolutions in all.
From 1974, he wrote for the weekly Kultura, a period during which he
began to gain an international reputation for his books The Emperor, on
the fall of Haile Selassie, and Shah of Shahs.
He also wrote The Football War, an account of the border war between
Honduras and El Salvador.
His final book, Travels with Herodotus, came out two years ago. He also
published several volumes of poetry.
Polish reporter Kapuscinski dies
Ryszard Kapuscinski
Kapuscinski became a foreign correspondent in 1962
Poland's most celebrated journalist and non-fiction writer, Ryszard
Kapuscinski, has died in Warsaw, aged 74, after a serious illness.
He made his name in Africa in the 1960s, where he was the Polish Press
Agency's only foreign correspondent.
He wrote widely on wars and dictators, chronicling the last days' of
Ethiopia's Haile Selassie and the Shah of Iran.
He also wrote books on the fall of the Soviet Union and Central
America.
Born in Pinsk, now in Belarus, in 1932, he studied history and joined
the Polish Press Agency in the late 1950s.
Sent abroad in 1959, he was given the job of covering Africa
single-handed for the Polish press, travelling widely across the continent and
reporting on a number of wars.
He also reported from countries in Asia and South America, witnessing
27 coups or revolutions in all.
From 1974, he wrote for the weekly Kultura, a period during which he
began to gain an international reputation for his books The Emperor, on
the fall of Haile Selassie, and Shah of Shahs.
He also wrote The Football War, an account of the border war between
Honduras and El Salvador.
His final book, Travels with Herodotus, came out two years ago. He also
published several volumes of poetry.
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