Ryszard Kapuscinski, Poland’s most celebrated foreign correspondent, was born in 1932 in Pinsk (in what is now Belarus) and spent four decades reporting on Asia, Latin America, and Africa. He is also the author of Imperium, Another Day of Life, and The Soccer War. His books have been translated into 28 languages. Kapuscinski died in 2007.
When our children's children want to study the cruelties of the late 20th century; when they wonder why revolution after revolution betrayed its promises through greed, fear and confusion, they should read Ryszard Kapuscinski. <i>The Wall Street Journal</i> Kapuscinski is the conjuror extraordinary of modern reportage, and <i>The Soccer War</i> is a splendid example of his magic. John le Carre Powerful and touching. <i>The New York Times Book Review</i> Stripped of excess, remarkably void of cynicism, <i> </i>Kapuscinski's writing has the force and vision of literature . . . . He makes his world so real, so alive beyond obscure headlines and other mind-numbing inoculations. <i>Boston Globe</i>