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Ryszard Kapuściński Award for literary reportage

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The Ryszard Kapuściński Award for Literary Reportage (Polish: Nagroda im. Ryszarda Kapuścińskiego za Reportaż Literacki) is an international award to celebrate and promote books of reportage. It is intended to honour the legacy of the journalist and writer Ryszard Kapuściński.

Established in January 2010 by the Council of the Capital City of Warsaw, it awards 50,000 złoty to the author of the best literary work of reportage. If the book has been translated into Polish, the translator receives 15,000 złoty.

Winners

2010
  • Jean Hatzfeld: The Antelope's Strategy: Living in Rwanda After the Genocide
    • 2011
  • Svetlana Alexievich: War’s Unwomanly Face
    • 2012
  • Liao Yiwu: The Corpse Walker: Real Life Stories, China from the Bottom Up
  • Translator award: Wen Huang (Chinese-English translation) and Agnieszka Pokojska (English-Polish translation).
    • 2013
  • Ed Vulliamy: Amexica: War Along the Borderline
    • 2014
  • Elisabeth Åsbrink: Och i Wienerwald står träden kvar
    • 2015
  • Svetlana Alexievich: Second-hand Time
  • Michał Olszewski: Najlepsze buty na świecie (World's Best Shoes)
  • Translator award: Mariusz Kalinowski for Göran Rosenberg's Ett kort uppehåll på vägen från Auschwitz (A Brief Stop on the Road from Auschwitz) from Swedish

    • References

    Ryszard Kapuściński Award for literary reportage Wikipedia
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