Adam Leszczyński
Historian, journalist and columnist.(born in 1975) – historian, journalist and columnist. Professor at the Institute of Political Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences, member of the Krytyka Polityczna team and co-founder of OKO.press. For many years, he has worked with Gazeta Wyborcza, he was also associated with Newsweek, Polityka, Przekrój, ResPublika Nowa and National Geographic. Author of many historical and reportage books, including: Skok w nowoczesność. Polityka wzrostu w krajach peryferyjnych 1943-1980 (2013) and Eksperymenty na biednych – Polityczny, moralny i ekonomiczny spór o to jak pomagać skutecznie (2016). Recently, his latest book was published, in which he critically analyses the Poles’ self-portrait – No dno po prostu jest Polska. Dlaczego Polacy tak bardzo nie lubią swojego kraju i innych Polaków (2017).