Adam Michnik

Adam Michnik

Adam Michnik is Editor in Chief of the Warsaw daily newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza. He spent six years in prisons in Communist Poland. In 1989, he participated in the Round Table agreements that led to establishing the first non-Communist government in the Soviet bloc. He is the author of several books, including Letters from Prison and Letters from Freedom. (July 2008)

From the Review

July 17, 2008: After Five Years

June 28, 2007: The Polish Witch-Hunt

January 14, 1999: A Death in St. Petersburg

October 22, 1998: On Zbigniew Herbert (1924–1998)

March 24, 1994: 'More Humility, Fewer Illusions'—A Talk between Adam Michnik and Jürgen Habermas

June 10, 1993: An Embarrassing Anniversary

February 11, 1993: An Appeal

May 30, 1991: Poland and the Jews

December 20, 1990: My Vote Against Walesa

July 19, 1990: The Two Faces of Europe

April 12, 1990: Help Salman Rushdie! (letter)

April 28, 1988: For a Polish-Russian Dialogue: An Open Letter (letter)

July 18, 1985: Letter from the Gdansk Prison

November 10, 1983: In Investigation Prison

January 20, 1977: The Polish Resistance

September 30, 1976: Appeal from Poland (letter)

Books by Adam Michnik

Letters from Freedom: Post-Cold War Realities and Perspectives (1998)
The Church and the Left (1993)
Letters from Prison and Other Essays (1985)