Without Kisch, Wańkowicz and de Saint-Exupéry. The forgotten honorable mentions from Ryszard Kapuściński’s biography Cover Image

Bez Kischa, Wańkowicza i de Saint-Exupéry’ego . Wielcy nieobecni w biografii Ryszarda Kapuścińskiego w 15. rocznicę śmierci, 90. urodzin i 60. debiutu „Buszem po polsku”
Without Kisch, Wańkowicz and de Saint-Exupéry. The forgotten honorable mentions from Ryszard Kapuściński’s biography

Author(s): Marek Kusiba
Subject(s): Media studies, Studies of Literature, Polish Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: Ryszard Kapuściński; reception; Artur Domosławski; identity; reportage; forgotten mentions;

Summary/Abstract: In this paper Marek Kusiba explores how the author of “The Soccer War” was posthumously received by the Poles. He discusses how Kapuściński’s identity was deliberately defamed in Artur Domosławski’s “Kapuściński non-fiction”. A work that attempts to rob Kapuściński of his dignity as a reporter by decontextualizing his presence within the realms of Polish and world literary reportage. The author of this article cites an extensive list of the omitted details and names with whom Kapuściński cooperated, corresponded and befriended, without whose inclusion such a biography devolves into popular journalism catering to the unsophisticated reader.

  • Issue Year: 2022
  • Issue No: 1 (249)
  • Page Range: 23-44
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Polish