tadeusz kapuscinski, waldemar lysiak - book help

what can anybody tell me about the polish authors :

tadeusz kapuscinski
waldemar lysiak

Kapuscinski is an author of great travel books, he wrote very good ones about Russia (which is called "Empire", not quite sure about the title in English) and Africa, he has very good knowledge of countries he discribes and a lot of sense of humour, just try it!

ola,

many thanks for that. i take it that it is possible to buy them in english ?
off to bookshop later.
many thanks again

Yeah, I think it's possible to buy them in English cause Kapuscinski is known not only in Poland, also in Germany and in some other European countries. I reckon his books should be available in English, too.

i am from south africa and have read a lot from wilbur smith. is he similiar ?
do you recommend the books on russia and africa then ?

Unfortunately I haven't read any book of Wilbur Smith, but maybe someone else can help you? And I've been talking about Ryszard Kapuscinski all the time

Here you have some info from English wikipedia about him:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryszard_Kapu%C5%9Bci%C5%84ski

Norman Davis writes a lot about Poland:

Here are some of his books:

- White Eagle, Red Star: The Polish-Soviet War, 1919-20.
- Poland, Past and Present.
- God's Playground. A History of Poland. Vol. 1 P
- Heart of Europe. A Short History of Poland.
- Heart of Europe : The Past in Poland's Present
- Jews in Eastern Poland and the USSR, 1939-46.
- Europe: A History
- Auschwitz and the Second World War in Poland
- Red Winds from the North. Able Publishing
- Microcosm. Portrait of a Central European City
- Rising '44. The Battle for Warsaw
- Europe East and West: A Collection of Essays on European History

Kapuscinski is most definitely not a 'travel writer'. He is a keen observer and a social and political commentator. Do not expect to find descriptions of famous sights and good hotels in his books. He is a journalist, a reporter by profession.
He has written a book about the Ethiopian emperor and another one about the football war between Honduras and El Salvador.

thanks ola.
recommend wilbur smith tho and john pilger.
just got hold of one of his books.
seems very similar to john pilger

thanks again

ola
yes tadeusz is apparently a well known geologist, so no surprise i was struggling there

serwisy.gazeta.pl/kapuscinski/1,23085,588430.html
a probably complete listing of translatiuons of his books into other languages