Shah of Shahs (Masterplots II: Nonfiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Ryszard Kapuściński
- First Published: 1982
- Type of Work: Travel writing
- Time of Work: 1925-1979
- Setting: Iran
- Principal Characters: Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, The Ayatollah Khomeini
- Genres: Nonfiction, Travel writing
- Subjects: Current events, Power, personal or social, Islam, Revolutions, Developing countries, Rulers, Heads of state, Iran or Iranian people
Form and Content
Born in 1932 and a graduate of the University of Warsaw in 1952, Ryszard Kapuściński has since pursued a highly successful career in journalism in his native Poland. He was on the staff of Sztandar mlodych (banner of youth) from 1951 to 1958; of Polityka (politics) from 1959 to 1961; and of Kultura (culture), of which he was deputy editor in chief from 1974 to 1981. He has also worked as a free-lance writer: from 1972 to 1974, and again since 1981. Of particular significance for his development as a journalist, however, and as the...
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