Adam Michnik

Michnik in 2018 Adam Michnik (; born 17 October 1946) is a Polish historian, essayist, former dissident, public intellectual, as well as co-founder and editor-in-chief of the Polish newspaper .

Reared in a family of committed communists, Michnik became an opponent of Poland's communist regime at the time of the party's anti-Jewish purges of 1968. He was imprisoned after the 1968 March Events and again after the imposition of martial law in 1981. He has been called "one of Poland's most famous political prisoners".

Michnik played a crucial role during the Polish Round Table Talks, as a result of which the communists agreed to call elections in 1989, which were won by Solidarity. Though he has withdrawn from active politics, he has "maintained an influential voice through journalism". He has received many awards and honors, including the Legion of Honour and European of the Year. He is also one of the 25 leading figures on the Information and Democracy Commission launched by Reporters Without Borders. In 2022, he received the Princess of Asturias Award in the category "Communication and Humanities". Provided by Wikipedia
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Published in: Osteuropa <Berlin&gt 69(2019), 12, Seite 15-22 volume:69 year:2019 number:12 pages:15-22
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Published: Paris : La Découverte/Maspero, 1983
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by Gross, Jan Tomasz 1947-
Published: München : Beck, 2001
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