Title: Ryszard Kapuściński : a life /
Authors: Domosławski, Artur, 1967-; Lloyd-Jones, Antonia.
Publisher: Verso,
Year: 2012
Subjects: Kapuściński, Ryszard; Journalists Poland Biography
Abstract: "Reporting from such varied locations as postcolonial Africa, revolutionary Iran, the military dictatorships of Latin America and Soviet Russia, the Polish journalist and writer Ryszard Kapuściński was one of the most influential eyewitness journalists of the twentieth century. During the Cold War, he was a dauntless investigator as well as a towering literary talent, and books such as The Emperor and Travels with Herodotus founded the new genre of ‘literary reportage’. It was an achievement that brought him global renown, not to mention the uninvited attentions of the CIA. In this definitive biography, Artur Domosławski shines a new light on the personal relationships of this intensely charismatic, deeply private man, examining the intractable issue at the heart of Kapuściński’s life and work: the relationship and tension between journalism and literature."--p. [2] of cover.
Contents: Daguerreotypes -- Pińsk : the beginning -- War -- Legends 1 : his father and Katyń -- Inspired by poetry, storming heaven -- Lapidarium 1 : the poet -- On the construction site of socialism -- Lapidarium 2 : Lance Corporal Kapuściński -- On the construction site of socialism, continued -- Alicja, Maminek, Zojka -- '56 : revolution all over again -- The third world : a clash and a beginning -- In 'Rakowski's gang' -- Legends 2 : sentenced to death by firing squad -- In 'Rakowski's gang', continued -- Life in Africa -- Objects of fascination : the African icons -- Life in Africa, continued -- In the corridors of power -- Lapidarium 3 : the reporter as politician -- On the trial of Che Guevara -- Legends 3 : Che, Lumumba, Allende -- On the trail of Che Guevara, continued -- Objects of fascination : the Latin American icons -- On the trail of Che Guevara, continued further -- Zojka's escapes -- A committed reporter, a black-and-white world -- Christ with a rifle in a Czech comedy at the Emperor's court -- On love and other demons -- The final revolution, the final coup -- Worth more than a thousand grizzled journofantasists -- Lapidarium 4 : why did Kapuściński have no critics in Poland? -- The reporter amends reality, or critics of all nations, unite! -- Legends 4 : Kapuściński and Kapuściński -- Our friend Rysiek -- Where to form socialism? -- Lapidarium 5 : Was Kapuściński a thinker? -- Where to form socialism? Continued -- The file -- Legends 5 : the price of greatness -- Maestro Kapu -- Unwritten books -- No strength to furnish the face.