Awarded Grand Officer of the Order of the White Double Cross presented by Zuzana Čaputová in Reduta (2024).
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Adam Michnik
Adam Michnik is a Polish historian, essayist, former dissident, public intellectual, as well as co-founder and editor-in-chief of the Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza.
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culture · Polish historian and intellectual · journalist · writer · trade unionist · historian · politician · dissident · essayist · opinion journalist · also Adam Michnik, Michnik
Born 17 October 1946 · Q163714
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2024· 3 entries
Awarded Polish PEN Club Award Jan Parandowski (2024).
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Became an expert at the "European Center for Analysis and Strategies" (CASE)
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2022· 3 entries
Awarded Princess of Asturias Awards (2022).
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Awarded Princess of Asturias Award for Communications and Humanities (2022).
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Received the Princess of Asturias Award in the category "Communication and Humanities"
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2018· 1 entry
Awarded Primo Levi Award (2018).
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2016· 1 entry
Awarded Ortega y Gasset Awards (2016).
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2015· 2 entries
“Mr. Cogito's Duels – Zbigniew Herbert's views on Adam Michnik”
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Michnik has been a vocal critic of the new government accusing it of undermining democracy in the country stating that "What we are seeing today is a gradual closing down of democracy
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2014· 1 entry
Awarded Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 3rd Class (2014).
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2013· 1 entry
Awarded Kisiel Prize (2013).
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2011· 1 entry
Won Goethe Medal (2011).
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2010· 1 entry
Awarded Order of the White Eagle (Third Polish Republic) (2010).
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2007· 2 entries
Awarded Pelikán Award (2007).
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Awarded Jan Karski Eagle Award (2007).
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2006· 2 entries
Awarded Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 3rd class (2006).
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Awarded Dan David Prize (2006).
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2005· 1 entry
Won Golden Medal for Merit to Culture (2005).
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2003· 3 entries
Awarded Officer of the Legion of Honour (2003).
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Won Saint George medal (2003).
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Awarded Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, class III (2003).
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2001· 2 entries
Awarded Erasmus Prize (2001).
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Awarded Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (2001).
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2000· 3 entries
Awarded Commander of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas (2000).
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Awarded International Press Institute World Press Freedom Heroes (2000).
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“Opis: w towarzystwie Wojciecha Jaruzelskiego. Wypowiedź utrwalona na nagraniu z 2000 roku.”
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1999· 1 entry
Awarded Francisco Cerecedo Prize (1999).
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1998· 3 entries
Awarded 1st of June Award (1998).
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Awarded commander of the Order of Bernardo O'Higgins (1998).
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Awarded Officer's Cross of the Hungarian Order of Merit (1998).
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1993· 2 entries
“Opis: w debacie z Jarosławem Kaczyńskim w 1993.”
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“Opis: odpowiadając na argument Jarosława Kaczyńskiego, że „Dekomunizacja jest po prostu likwidacją przywileju pewnej grupy, niczym więcej. Ale to musi być zrobione, żeby w Polsce mógł być normalny system ekonomiczny i normalny system społeczny.” w debacie z 1993.”
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1991· 1 entry
Awarded Shofar of Freedom Award (1991).
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1990· 1 entry
“Opis: podczas posiedzenie Komitetu Obywatelskiego 24 czerwca 1990.”
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1989· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the Sejm of the Polish People's Republic (1989–1991).
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1988· 1 entry
Became an adviser of Lech Wałęsa's informal Coordination Committee, and later he became a member of the Solidarity Citizens' Committee
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1986· 11 entries
Awarded Kościelski Award (1986).
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Awarded Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award (1986).
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“Etniczny szowinizm jest ostatnim, najwyższym stadium komunizmu.”
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“Dla mnie Grudzień ’70 to była wielka lekcja. Bo zobaczyłem, do jakich strasznych nieszczęść prowadzi ślepy bunt ludzi zrozpaczonych, doprowadzonych do ostateczności. Wtedy w głowie naszych przyjaciół zaczęła kiełkować myśl, żeby znaleźć trzecią drogę między kapitulacją, serwilizmem wobec władzy a ślepym buntem.”
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“Opis: o zarzutach polityków prawicowych, wg których Okrągły Stół to był spisek, a Michnik poprzez swoją przyjaźń z Jaruzelskim i Kiszczakiem dokonuje relatywizmu moralnego.”
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“Dlaczego w pewnym momencie ludzie myślący, inteligentni nagle są w stanie uwierzyć Mussoliniemu, Hitlerowi czy Stalinowi i szczerze przekonywać innych ludzi, że droga, którą podążają ci dżentelmeni, to jest najlepsza droga dla narodu czy świata? Do dzisiaj zastanawiamy się, gdzie jest geneza tej siły, jaką miały swego czasu faszyzm czy komunizm albo dzisiaj ma islamski fundamentalizm.”
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“Dżin z butelki został wypuszczony już dawno, zatruwa polskie życie i nie widzę sposobu, żeby go z powrotem do butelki zamknąć. To się prawdopodobnie skończy tym, co mi się w sumie wydaje najrozsądniejsze: zobowiązać IPN, żeby wszystkie papiery pokazać w Internecie.”
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“Fanatyzm, samooskarżenia – komuniści wierzyli, że walczą o świetlaną przyszłość, a fundowali sobie samym mroczne piekło. Potem zafundowali piekło reszcie świata.”
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“Opis: odpowiedź na oświadczenie Komisji Krajowej Solidarności w prawie konieczności rozliczenia komunistycznych zbrodni przeciwko narodowi polskiemu.”
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“Opis: o irlandzkim referendum, w którym odrzucono traktat lizboński.”
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“… IPN od początku był pomyślany jako instrument walki politycznej.”
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1985· 2 entries
Awarded Andrzej Kijowski Award (1985).
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And this time sentenced to three years imprisonment
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1984· 1 entry
Was released from jail, under an amnesty
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1975· 2 entries
Studied at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, magister degree (1975).
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At the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, under the supervision of Lech Trzeciakowski
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1969· 1 entry
Was released from prison under an amnesty, but he was forbidden to continue his studies
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1968· 2 entries
“Dla Polaków mord na Trockim nic nie znaczył. Dla nas na tej drodze ważny jest Katyń i rok 1968 (…).”
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Studied at University of Warsaw (1964–1968).
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1966· 1 entry
Was suspended for the second time for organizing a discussion meeting with Leszek Kołakowski, who was expelled from the PZPR several weeks earlier, for criticizing its leaders
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1965· 1 entry
The PZPR forbade the printing of his works
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1964· 1 entry
Began to study history at Warsaw University
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1962· 1 entry
With the encouragement from Jan Józef Lipski and under Adam Schaff's protection, he founded a discussion group, "Contradiction Hunters Club" (Klub Poszukiwaczy Sprzeczności); he was one and the most visible leader of the
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1946· 1 entry
Born 1946-10-17.
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1929· 1 entry
A step-brother of Adam Michnik on his father's side, Jerzy Michnik (born 1929), settled in Israel after 1957 and then moved to New York.
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