September 3, 2026

This Polish reporter and author was born in Pinsk in 1932 in the eastern borderlands of the Second Polish Republic. His stance toward the Polish Communist Party shifted in 1956, the year of the Poznań June protests. Which writer is it?

A Kahlil Gibran
B Ryszard Kapuściński
C Juliusz Słowacki
D Henryk Sienkiewicz

Ryszard Kapuściński was a Polish journalist known for reporting from decolonisation-era Africa and Latin America in books like 'The Emperor' and 'The Shadow of the Sun'. He was born in Pinsk (now Belarus) in 1932 and shaped his politics during the 1956 Poznań upheaval.

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