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Ryszard Kapuściński

Polish journalist, photographer, poet and author.

Born March 4th, 1932 in Pinsk. [ref]

Died January 23rd, 2007 at 74 years old in Warsaw (myocardial infarction). [ref]

Occupations
writer

Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier. Xenophon