Ryszard Kapuscinski (1932-2007) was a famous Polish journalist, photographer, and poet who was born in Pinsk which was then in Poland. Kapuscinski's work is hailed as among the greatest literary journalism of the 20th century. In 1964, Kapuscinski started to serve as the only foreign correspondent for the Polish Press Agency and had to cover events in fifty countries. This led him to see wars, coups and revolutions across the world.