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Ryszard Kapuściński

Born

in Pinsk (Modern day Belarus), Poland

March 04, 1932

Died

January 23, 2007

Genre

Nonfiction,Travel,Biographies & Memoirs

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Ryszard Kapuściński debuted as a poet inDziś i jutroat the age of 17 and has been a journalist, writer, and publicist. In 1964 he was appointed to the Polish Press Agency and began traveling around the developing world and reporting on wars, coups and revolutions in Asia, the Americas, and Europe; he lived through twenty-seven revolutions and coups, was jailed forty times, and survived four death sentences. During some of this time he also worked for the Polish Secret Service, although little is known of his role.

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Average rating: 4.18 · 66,062 ratings · 5,204 reviews ·103 distinct works •Similar authors

	The Shadow of the Sun 4.39 avg rating — 15,222 ratings — published 1998 — 113 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Travels with Herodotus 4.05 avg rating — 8,682 ratings — published 2004 — 95 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Emperor: Downfall of An Autocrat by Ryszard Kapuściński, Katarzyna Mroczkowska-Brand(Translator) 4.09 avg rating — 8,314 ratings — published 1978 — 99 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Imperium 4.36 avg rating — 6,961 ratings — published 1992 — 81 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shah of Shahs 4.23 avg rating — 7,084 ratings — published 1982 — 79 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Another Day of Life by Ryszard Kapuściński, William Brand(Translator) 4.18 avg rating — 5,335 ratings — published 1976 — 62 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Soccer War 4.18 avg rating — 4,160 ratings — published 1969 — 74 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Other by Ryszard Kapuściński, Antonia Lloyd-Jones(Translator), Neal Ascherson(Introduction) 3.71 avg rating — 1,622 ratings — published 2006 — 36 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Il cinico non è adatto a questo mestiere by Ryszard Kapuściński, Maria Nadotti(Editor) 3.90 avg rating — 1,159 ratings — published 2002 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Busz po polsku 3.78 avg rating — 1,170 ratings — published 1962 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“A journey, after all, neither begins in the instant we set out, nor ends when we have reached our door step once again. It starts much earlier and is really never over, because the film of memory continues running on inside of us long after we have come to a physical standstill. Indeed, there exists something like a contagion of travel, and the disease is essentially incurable.”
― Ryszard Kapuściński, Travels with Herodotus

tags: travel

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“If reason ruled the world would history even exist?”
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tags: history, intelligence, logic, reason

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“There aren't many such enthusiasts born. The average person is not especially curious about the world. He is alive, and being somehow obliged to deal with this condition, feels the less effort it requires, the better. Whereas learning about the world is labor, and a great all-consuming one at that. Most people develop quite antithetical talents, in fact - to look without seeing, to listen without hearing, mainly to preserve onself within oneself.”
― Ryszard Kapuściński, Travels with Herodotus

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Gruppo di Lettura saggistica bimestre marzo-aprile 2016

Considera l'aragostadiDavid Foster Wallace

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Open. La mia storiadiAndre Agassi

19 votes, 18.8%

EbanodiRyszard Kapuściński

11 votes, 10.9%

Alice nel paese dei quanti: le avventure della fisicadiRobert Gilmore

10 votes, 9.9%

In PatagoniadiBruce Chatwin

8 votes, 7.9%

La vita immortale di Henrietta LacksdiRebecca Skloot

7 votes, 6.9%

Confessioni di un sicario dell'economiadiJohn Perkins

6 votes, 5.9%

Spillover: L'evoluzione delle pandemiediDavid Quammen

5 votes, 5.0%

Il denaro, il debito e la doppia crisi spiegati ai nostri nipotidiLuciano Gallino

4 votes, 4.0%

Capra e calcoli: L'eterna lotta tra gli algoritmi e il caosdiMarco Malvaldi

4 votes, 4.0%

101 total votes

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