Mark Gevisser is the award-winning author and editor of several non-fiction books, and has been widely published as a journalist. His latest books include The Pink Line: Journeys Across the World’s Queer Frontiers (2020), the updated edition of Thabo Mbeki: The Dream Deferred (2022), and The Revolution will not be Litigated (2023), which he co-edited with Katie Redford. His journalism and criticism has appeared in The Guardian, The New York Times, The New York Review of Books, Granta, and many South African publications. 

Mark was born in Johannesburg and now lives outside Cape Town. He has also lived in the United States, where he studied at Yale, and in France. As well as writing, he works as a strategic communications consultant in the political and non-profit sectors, and has been an exhibition curator, a non-fiction writing teacher, and a documentary filmmaker.

  • “[The Pink Line is] astute and nuanced…. Engrossing…. Valuable…. not only for the quality of Gevisser’s analysis and the scope of his research, but because he spends a good deal of time with the people on whose lives he focuses…. Gevisser becomes almost a novelist…. clear-eyed and wise….”

    Colm Toibin, The Guardian

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Journalism and Essays

 

Recent Journalism

Mark publishes in a range of titles, including The New York Times, The New York Review of Books, The Guardian and Granta.

Pink Line Themes

Here are some of Mark’s most recent pieces on queer and LGBTQ+ themes.

South African Themes

Here are some of Mark’s most recent pieces on South African politics, culture, and life.

Mark with Tiwonge Chimbalanga. Here is his article about her in The Guardian, which forms part of his book, The Pink Line. Photo by Ellen Elmendorp