▁movie ▁rev iewer ▁and ▁ra con te ur . ▁He ▁is ▁arg u ably ▁the ▁country ' s ▁best - known ▁movie ▁critic ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁one ▁of ▁its ▁most ▁widely ▁read ▁( and ▁discussed ) ▁column ists . ▁ ▁Ron ge ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁Hill brow , ▁Johannes burg , ▁and ▁grew ▁up ▁on ▁the ▁West ▁Rand ▁where ▁he ▁attended ▁Florida ▁Park ▁High ▁School . ▁He ▁completed ▁his ▁studies ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁the ▁Wit w aters rand , ▁after ▁which ▁he ▁began ▁a ▁teaching ▁career ▁at ▁St . ▁John ' s ▁College , ▁followed ▁by ▁a ▁ten - year ▁st int ▁as ▁a ▁lect urer ▁in ▁literature ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁the ▁Wit w aters rand . ▁ ▁He ▁later ▁moved ▁on ▁to ▁become ▁a ▁print ▁and ▁electronic ▁journalist , ▁special izing ▁in ▁the ▁arts . ▁ ▁Ron ge ▁is ▁probably ▁best ▁known ▁for ▁his ▁Sp it ▁and ▁Polish ▁column ▁in ▁the ▁Sunday ▁Times ▁( which ▁has ▁been ▁running ▁for ▁more ▁than ▁fifteen ▁years ), ▁his ▁movie ▁reviews ▁for ▁the ▁same ▁newspaper , ▁and ▁his ▁Sunday ▁evening ▁show ▁on ▁Radio ▁ 7 0 2 . ▁ ▁After ▁writing ▁for ▁the ▁Sunday ▁Times ▁for ▁ 2 7 ▁years ▁he ▁wrote ▁his ▁last ▁column ▁on ▁ 2 3 ▁February ▁ 2 0 1 4 . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 5 ▁the ▁Sunday ▁Times ▁renamed ▁its ▁prize ▁for ▁South ▁African ▁literature ▁to ▁the ▁Barry ▁Ron ge ▁F iction ▁Prize . ▁ ▁Books ▁▁ ▁Sp it ▁' n ▁Polish , ▁ 2 0