Justin D. Fox
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Nationality | South African |
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Education | SACS |
Alma mater | University of Cape Town Oxford University |
Occupation | author, photojournalist, lecturer and editor |
Organization | former editor, Getaway travel magazine |
Notable work | The Cape Raider Whoever Fears the Sea The Marginal Safari Secret Cape Town The Impossible Five |
Justin D. Fox (born May 4, 1967) is a South African author, photojournalist, lecturer and editor living in Cape Town, South Africa. He was editor of [1] until 2020, and has freelanced internationally for many newspapers and magazines. Educated at SACS junior and high schools, he graduated from the University of Cape Town with a BA in English in 1990. He was elected as a Rhodes Scholar in 1991 and graduated with a masters and a doctorate in English from Oxford University.[2] He is the author of more than a dozen books, ranging from travel[3] and children’s literature[4] to photography[5] and fiction.[6]
Fox's book The Impossible Five named South Africa's most elusive animals, including the Cape mountain leopard, the aardvark, the ground pangolin, the white lion, and the riverine rabbit.[7] They are almost impossible to track in the wild, and spotting one in the wild is considered a major accomplishment.
Awards and honours[]
- 1991 elected Rhodes Scholar to Oxford University
- 1999 Winner of a Mondi Award for journalism
- 2004 Winner of a Mondi Award for journalism
- 2006 JM Coetzee PEN short-story award, third place
- 2009 PICA Travel Writer of the Year Award, runner up
- 2011 Alan Paton Award for non-fiction longlist for The Marginal Safari
- 2012 Olive Schreiner Prize for literature longlist for The Marginal Safari
- 2012 PICA Travel Writer of the Year (runner up)
- 2012 ANFASA bursary for non-fiction writing
- 2014 Etisalat Prize for Literature longlist for Whoever Fears the Sea
- 2014 Patricia Schonstein ‘Poetry in McGregor Award', winner
Bibliography[]
Books[]
- The Cape Raider
- The 30-Year Safari
- My Great Expedition
- Mijn Kleine Safari
- Secret Cape Town
- The Impossible Five
- The Hobbsian Line
- Whoever Fears the Sea: A Novel
- African Epic: The Untamed Mountain-Bike Race
- The Marginal Safari: Scouting the Edge of South Africa
- Africa Lens: 20 years of Getaway Photography
- Cape Town Calling
- Under the Sway: a Photographic Journey Through Mozambique
- Just Add Dust: Overland from Cape to Cairo
- The Best of Getaway Gallery
- With Both Hands Waving
- The Life and Art of François Krige
- Revel Fox: Reflections on the Making of Space
References[]
- ^ "Justin Fox, Author at Getaway Magazine".
- ^ "How alumnus Justin Fox tracked down Africa's 'Impossible Five' mammals | Oxford Today". Archived from the original on 2018-07-25. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
- ^ Isaac Ndlovu Reviews The Marginal Safari by Justin Fox
- ^ "My Great Expedition by Justin Fox | PEN South Africa".
- ^ "Africa Lens by Justin Fox | PEN South Africa".
- ^ "Whoever fears the sea by Justin Fox".
- ^ Fox, Justin (2015). The Impossible Five – One Man's Search for South Africa's Most Elusive Animals. Cape Town: Tafelberg. ISBN 978-0-624-07196-9.
External links[]
- "Justin Fox".</ref> official website
- Justin Fox - Whoever Fears The Sea (2013)
- The Impossible Five
- Travel Writing with Justin Fox
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- 1967 births
- Living people
- South African journalists
- South African writers
- University of Cape Town alumni
- Alumni of the University of Oxford