Fergal Keane

Keane is, to me, journalism at its bravest. As a BBC foreign correspondent, including a stint in South Africa, he reported from places most people flee, and the twin 1996 honors of an OBE and the Orwell Prize confirm both his skill and his conscience. There is poetry, too, in being the nephew of playwright John B. Keane; storytelling clearly runs in the blood. That he also directs film and was named an Honorary Fellow of the British Academy in 2024 tells me the world of art recognizes him as more than a reporter. The fusion of witness and craftsman is what makes him compelling.

Name (English)

Fergal Keane

Name (Japanese)

ファーガル・キーン

Reading

ふぁーがる・きーん

Born

January 6, 1961 (age 65)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Ox

Origin

London, United Kingdom

Occupation

journalist / film director

University

Presentation Brothers College

Awards & achievements

• 1996 Officer of the Order of the British Empire
• 1996 Orwell Prize
• 1997 James Cameron Memorial Trust Award
• 2004 honorary doctorate
• 2024 Honorary Fellow of the British Academy

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3

Tags

• journalist
• film director

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.