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He was active in the protests of 1968, was jailed in <a href="/people/421/000024349/">Wojciech Jaruzelski</a>'s 1981 declaration of martial law, and was active in <a href="/people/420/000024348/">Lech Walesa</a>'s Solidarity trade union. He founded the muckraking Polish newspaper <i>Gazeta Wyborcza</i> in 1989, which he still edits.<p><b>Father:</b> Ozjasz Szechter (Communist Party official)<br><b>Mother:</b> Helena Michnik Szechter<br><b>Brother:</b> Stefan Michnik (judge)<br><p> University: <a href="/edu/849/000111516/">Warsaw University (expelled)</a><br><p> <a href="/honors/622/000165127/">Erasmus Prize</a> 2001<br> <a href="/honors/139/000048992/">French Legion of Honor</a> 2003<br> <a href="/honors/215/000165717/">Dan David Prize</a> 2006<br> <a href="/event/089/000348042/">Expelled from School</a> <br> <a href="/event/206/000101900/">Hunger Strike</a> 1984<br> <a href="/lists/481/000045346/">Jewish Ancestry</a> <br> <a href="/lists/937/000043808/">Polish Ancestry</a> <br> <p> <b>Author of books:</b><br> <i>Cienie Zapomnianych Przodkow (The Shadows of the Forgotten Ancestors)</i> (<tt>1975</tt>)<br><i>Kosciol, Lewica, Dialog (Church, the Left, Dialogue)</i> (<tt>1977</tt>)<br><i>Penser la Pologne</i> (<tt>1983</tt>)<br><i>Szanse Polskiej Demokracji (Chances of Polish Democracy)</i> (<tt>1984</tt>)<br><i>Z Dziejow Honoru w Polsce. Wypisy wiezienne (from the History of Honour in Poland. Prison Notes)</i> (<tt>1985</tt>)<br><i>Takie Czasy: Rzecz o kompromisie" (Such Other Times: Concerning Compromise)</i> (<tt>1985</tt>)<br><i>Listy z Bialoleki (Letters from Bialoleka)</i> (<tt>1987</tt>)<br><i>Polskie Pytania (Polish Questions)</i> (<tt>1987</tt>)<br><i>Druga Faza Rewolucji (La Deuxieme Revolution)</i> (<tt>1990</tt>)<br><i>Miedzy Panem a Plebanem</i> (<tt>1995</tt>)<br><i>Wyznania Nawroconego Dysydenta</i> (<tt>2003</tt>)<br><i>Wscieklosc i Wstyd</i> (<tt>2005</tt>)<br><p> <br><br><p> <font size=-1>Do you know something we don't?</font><br> <font size=-1><a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=171183" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a></font><br> <p> <br><br><p><font size=-1>Copyright ©2019 Soylent Communications</font><p> </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"></td></tr> </table> </center> </body> </html>