Kusiba versus Domosławski – the continuation of the dispute over Kapuściński. How to write a biography? Cover Image

Kusiba versus Domosławski – ciąg dalszy sporu o Kapuścińskiego. Jak uprawiać biografistykę?
Kusiba versus Domosławski – the continuation of the dispute over Kapuściński. How to write a biography?

Author(s): Marlena Rycombel
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts, Theoretical Linguistics, Studies of Literature, Polish Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
Keywords: biography; Ryszard Kapuściński; Artur Domosławski; blurred genre

Summary/Abstract: The article constitutes a comparison of two ways of writing a biography on the example of Arthur Domosławski and the Marek Kusiba works. Both authors wrote the book on Richard Kapuściński, whereby Kusiba, choosing the form of blurred genre (the hybrid of biography, autobiography, and diary), created his own in allusive opposition to the Kapuściński non-fiction biography. He thereby confirmed the thesis of Beata Nowacka and Zygmunt Ziątek which states that it is impossible to talk about the famous reporter without making reference to the dispute generated by the biography written by Domosławski. The Kusiba’s view on the limits of the writing biography will be presented and aims for which the author chose the hybrid genre while writing about the life and work of Kapuściński.

  • Issue Year: 17/2021
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 191-205
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Polish