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Ryszard Kapuscinski was considered to be one of the most fearless journalists of his time. As the only foreign correspondent for PAP, the Polish news agency, in the 1960s and '70s, he covered some 27 coups and revolutions around the world, survived firing squads in Africa and befriended the likes of Che Guevara. His reporting formed the basis for widely acclaimed books such as The Emperor, about the life of the eccentric Ethiopian leader Haile Selassie; Shah of Shahs, about the fall of the Iranian ruler Reza Pahlavi; and Imperium, on the last days of the Soviet Union. Salman Rushdie...
...Kapuscinski's death at the age of 74, fresh questions have emerged about whether the journalist's works were based more in fiction than in fact, causing a firestorm in Poland, where Kapuscinski is considered a national hero. In a new 600-page biography titled Kapuscinski Non-Fiction, the Polish journalist Artur Domoslawski says Kapuscinski repeatedly crossed the boundary between reporting and fiction writing during his career, claiming to have witnessed events where he hadn't actually been present and inventing images to heighten the dramatic effect of his stories. (See the top 10 fiction books...
Last year, some students doused their boats in flammable liquids, such as nail polish, and the Cambridge Fire Department was summoned when onlookers thought the Weld Boathouse was on fire...
...delight, Kim was pleased with the plot, and the production ran smoothly thereafter. And while Bong was busy filming “The Host,” his co-screenwriter Park Eun-kyo—a former student from one of his screenwriting workshops—continued to polish the script...
Jerzy Buzek Position: President of the European Parliament Powers: Chairs parliamentary debate and represents Europe's legislature. Buzek, a Polish engineer and politician, began his 30-month term last July...