Ryszard Kapuściński
Kapuściński was the greatest literary journalist of the 20th century, reporting on the collapse of empires and the birth of nations in Africa, Asia, and Latin America with the precision of a historian and the lyricism of a poet.
Works
- The EmperorPortrait of Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie and his power and isolation
- Shah of ShahsAccount of the Iranian revolution and fall of the Shah regime
- Another Day of LifeJournalist's narrative of the Angolan Civil War and colonial conflict
- The Soccer WarCollection of dispatches on Central American conflicts and political upheaval
- Travels with HerodotusTravel narrative following in Herodotus's footsteps through ancient lands