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Ryszard Kapuściński

1932 - 2007

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Ryszard Kapuściński (Polish: [ˈrɨʂart kapuˈɕt͡ɕij̃skʲi] ; 4 March 1932 – 23 January 2007) was a Polish journalist, photographer, poet and author. He received many prestigious awards and was considered a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Kapuściński's personal journals in book form attracted both controversy and admiration for blurring the conventions of reportage with the allegory and magical realism of literature. He was the Communist-era Polish Press Agency's only correspondent in Africa during decolonization, and also worked in South America and Asia. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ryszard Kapuściński is the 797th most popular writer (down from 653rd in 2019), the 17th most popular biography from Belarus and the most popular Belarusian Writer.

Ryszard Kapuściński is most famous for his books about his travels in Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East. He is also known for his book about the Iranian Revolution.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ryszard Kapuściński ranks 797 out of 7,302. Before him are Edward Bernays, Wang Wei, Nonnus, Milorad Pavić, Dionysius Thrax, and Marilyn vos Savant. After him are Bar Hebraeus, Jean Anouilh, Felix Salten, Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster, Fatema Mernissi, and Theodoret.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Ryszard Kapuściński ranks 57. Before him are Algirdas Brazauskas, Little Richard, Vladimir Ivashko, Vytautas Landsbergis, John Searle, and Pierre-Gilles de Gennes. After him are Robert Mundell, Hiroaki Sato, Ted Kennedy, Stephen Covey, Robert Benton, and Stéphane Audran. Among people deceased in 2007, Ryszard Kapuściński ranks 35. Before him are Deborah Kerr, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Arthur Kornberg, Paul Tibbets, Nils Liedholm, and Pierre-Gilles de Gennes. After him are Abdul Rahman Arif, Alan MacDiarmid, Paul Lauterbur, Richard Rorty, Stanley Miller, and Jane Wyman.

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In Belarus

Among people born in Belarus, Ryszard Kapuściński ranks 17 out of 368. Before him are Simon Kuznets (1901), Chaim Soutine (1893), Meyer Lansky (1902), Sviatopolk I of Kiev (978), Olga Korbut (1955), and Stanisław Moniuszko (1819). After him are Zalman Shazar (1889), Yanka Kupala (1882), Léon Bakst (1866), Ossip Zadkine (1888), Isser Harel (1912), and Alexander Parvus (1867).

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Among WRITERS In Belarus

Among writers born in Belarus, Ryszard Kapuściński ranks 1. After him are Yanka Kupala (1882), Yakub Kolas (1882), Mendele Mocher Sforim (1835), Eliza Orzeszkowa (1841), S. Ansky (1863), Oscar Milosz (1877), Aleksander Chodźko (1804), Bella Rosenfeld (1889), Vasil Bykaŭ (1924), Uladzimir Karatkievich (1930), and Ales Adamovich (1927).

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