by Ryszard Kapuscinski · Editorial Anagrama · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788433967961
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«Los cínicos no sirven para este oficio» is Ryszard Kapuściński's essay on journalism, published by Anagrama in paperback (128 pages, in Spanish).
Kapuściński reflects on the journalist's craft, its difficulties, its rules and the informer's responsibility. He considers how to narrate poverty, hunger and wars, and the tension between reality, narration and power. It includes an interview by A. Semplici on Africa's emancipation and a dialogue with John Berger.
It belongs to Anagrama's Compactos collection (number 365), translated by Xavier González Rovira. The work was originally published in Italian as «Il cinico non è adatto a questo mestiere».
A reference work for journalists, communication students and readers interested in the ethics of the craft and in Kapuściński's work.
Ryszard Kapuściński was a Polish journalist, photographer and author. He received many prestigious awards and was considered a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Kapuściński's personal journals in book form attracted both controversy and admiration for blurring the conventions of reportage with the allegory and magical realism of literature. He was the Communist-era Polish Press Agency's only correspondent in Africa during decolonization, and also worked in South America and Asia. Between 1956 and 1981 he reported on 27 revolutions and coups, until he was fired because of his support for the pro-democracy Solidarity movement in his native country. He was celebrated by other practitioners of the genre. The acclaimed Italian reportage-writer Tiziano Terzani, Colombian writer Gabriel García Márquez, and Chilean writer Luis Sepúlveda accorded him the title "Maestro".
