Purple Diary

[03/13/2009]

Why you should read Ryszard Kapuscinski

I only discovered Ryszard Kapuściński (1932–2007) after reading his posthumously published Travels with Herodotus, whom he describes as “a consummate reporter: he wanders, looks, talks, listens, in order that he can later note down what he learned and saw, or simply to remember later,” and which accurately fits Kapuściński. Named journalist of the century by […]

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