Justin Marozzi (born 1970) is an English journalist, historian and travel writer.[1]
Biography
[edit]Marozzi was a pupil at The King's School, Canterbury and then studied history at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.[1] He graduated from the University of Cambridge in 1993 with a starred double first.[2] He spent a year studying broadcast journalism at Cardiff University before winning a Thouron Award in 1994 to study for a Master's degree in Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania.[2][1]
As a journalist, he worked for the BBC, the Financial Times and the Economist.[2] He also writes for The Spectator.[3]
Marozzi's publications include: South from Barbary (2001), an account of his travels on camel through the Libyan Sahara; Tamerlane: Sword of Islam, Conqueror of the World (2004), a biography of the Mongol conquerorTimur; Faces of Exploration (2006), an account of famous 20th century explorers; The Man Who Invented History: Travels with Herodotus (2008), a biography of the world's first historian; Baghdad: City of Peace, City of Blood (2014); Islamic Empires - Fifteen Cities that Define a Civilization (2019);[1] A Thousand Golden Cities: 2,500 Years of Writing from Afghanistan and its People (2023);[4] and Captives and Companions: A History of Slavery and the Slave Trade in the Islamic World (2025).[5]
Marozzi is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and, since 2021, of the Royal Society of Literature.[2][6] He lives in Norfolk with his wife Julia and rescue dog.[6] His interests include deer stalking and classic Bristol Cars.[1]
Awards
[edit]- 2015 Ondaatje Prize for Baghdad: City of Peace, City of Blood[7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "Justin Marozzi: The Life of a Dauntless International Journalist". Thouron Award. 2024.
- ^ a b c d "Bush Writers, 1940-2012" (PDF). The Open University. 27 October 2009.
- ^ "Justin Marozzi". The Spectator. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
- ^ "A Thousand Golden Cities: 2500 Years of Writing from Afghanistan and its People". Bloomsbury. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
- ^ "Captives and Companions by Justin Marozzi". Penguin. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
- ^ a b "Fellows". Royal Society of Literature. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
- ^ Kerr, Michael (19 May 2015). "Justin Marozzi wins £10,000 RSL Ondaatje Prize". The Daily Telegraph.
