About Adrian Fox

Adrian Fox was born in Kent, England in March 1961. His family moved to Belfast in 1967 when he was 6 years old. He spent most of his youth in the riot torn streets of Ardoyne in North Belfast.



Adrian studied under the great poet Jimmy Simmons. Many of his poems have been translated into Hungarian, Philippino and Indonesian and his poetry has also appeared in Libyan newspapers. During the late 1990's and early 2000's He read in Hungarian universities as part of the program for peace.



He has an M.A. in Creative Writing and his work has been published by Poetry Ireland, Cyphers, Honest Ulsterman, Black Mountain Review, Poetry Guild, Poetry Society and Coffee House.



A selection of his work appeared in the anthology Breaking the Skin (Black Mountain Press, 2002), and also, Hide Dada, Hide (Lapwing Press 1999)



As a tribute to all those who died during the troubles in Northern Ireland, Adrian and the folk singer Rodney Cordner created the CD Violets based on the Lost Lives book, where every person who died during the latest troubles of Northern Ireland are listed.