Adam Michnik

Editor-in-Chief, Gazeta Wyborcza; Historian; and Co-Founder of the Committee for the Defense of Workers. Former Member of Parliament (1989–1991) and former member of the Round Table Talks (1989). One of the leaders of the pre-1989 democratic opposition in Poland. He is the author of several books including “In Search of Lost Meaning: The New Eastern Europe” (2011) and “The Lord of the Manor and the Vicar” (1995). Laureate of prizes and titles include the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award, The Erasmus Prize, and The Francisco Cerecedo Journalist Prize as the first non-Spanish author. He is currently a member of the Association of Polish Writers and the Council on Foreign Relations.