He witnessed 27 revolutions and coups and was sentenced to death four times. Polish reporter (1932-2007), for decades the entire foreign desk of Poland’s press agency across Africa, Latin America and Asia. From that came The Emperor (Haile Selassie’s court told by its servants), Shah of Shahs and Ébano. On his first trip abroad he carried exactly one book, The Histories, and decades later wrote Travels with Herodotus arguing that Heródoto was the first reporter. After his death came the uncomfortable question of how much literature was mixed into his journalism; the line between reportage and fiction in his books is still being argued about, which he probably would have enjoyed.