Tsur Shezaf was born in Jerusalem in
1959. He studied archaeology, geography, history, theater and marine biology at
Tel Aviv University, and has worked as a research fellow at the Institute for
the Philosophy and History of Ideas and Sciences. Shezaf was editor of the
Keter Travel Library, as well as senior writer and editorial staff member of Masa
Acher, an Israeli geographical magazine. As a journalist and photojournalist,
Shezaf has been on special assignments (including to Somalia, Chechnya,
South Sudan, Kosovo, Afghanistan, Libya, Iraq and Yemen), for Masa Acher,
Yedioth Ahronoth, Ynet, Haaretz, Channel 10 and Channel 1 TV,
and his travels serve as the basis for his literary work. He received the Prime
Minister's Prize in 2008.
See also Tsur Shezaf's website:
http://shezaf.net/english