Ryszard Kapuściński
![Kapuściński in 1986](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c3/Ryszard_Kapuscinski%2C_author-writer%2C_at_PEN_Congress.jpg)
Notable works include ''Jeszcze dzień życia'' (1976; ''Another Day of Life''), about Angola; ''Cesarz'' (1978; ''The Emperor'', 1983), about the downfall of Ethiopian ruler Haile Selassie, also considered to be a satire of Communist Poland; ''Wojna futbolowa'' (1978; ''The Soccer War'', 1991), an account of the 1969 conflict between Honduras and El Salvador, and other stories from the life of the reporter in Africa and Latin America; ''Szachinszach'' (1982; ''Shah of Shahs'', 2006) about the downfall of the last Shah of Persia; ''Imperium'' (1993) an account of his travels through the collapsing Soviet Union; ''Heban'' (1998), later published in English as ''The Shadow of the Sun'' (2001), the story of his years in Africa; and ''Podróże z Herodotem'' (2004; ''Travels with Herodotus''), in which he ponders over relevance of ''The Histories'' by Herodotus to a modern reporter's job. Provided by Wikipedia
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