Rustum Kozain (born 1966) is a South African poet and writer.
Life
Kozain was born in
Paarl. After he matriculated, he studied at the
University of Cape Town
The University of Cape Town (UCT) ( af, Universiteit van Kaapstad, xh, Yunibesithi ya yaseKapa) is a public research university in Cape Town, South Africa. Established in 1829 as the South African College, it was granted full university statu ...
. During this time, he focus his PhD research on selected South Africa poetry in English from 1970 to 1990. In 1994 and 1995 he attended
Bowling Green State University in Ohio, United States on a
Fulbright Scholarship
The Fulbright Program, including the Fulbright–Hays Program, is one of several United States Cultural Exchange Programs with the goal of improving intercultural relations, cultural diplomacy, and intercultural competence between the people of ...
. From 1998 to 2004 he was a lecturer at the University of Cape Town.
In addition to two collections of poetry, he has also published reviews, essays and short fiction. Further writing can be found on his personal web site at Groundwork.
Kozain has won a number of awards for his poetry. These include: the Philip Stein Poetry Award in 1997, the
Thomas Pringle Award
The Thomas Pringle Award is an annual award for work published in newspapers, periodicals and journals. They are awarded on a rotation basis for: a book, play, film or TV review; a literary article or substantial book review; an article on English ...
in 2004, the
Ingrid Jonker Prize for ''This Carting Life'' (2005)
and the
Olive Schreiner Prize in 2007 and 2014.
Works
* ''This Carting Life'', Kwela Books, 2005
* ''Groundwork'', Kwela Books, 2012
References
External links
Groundwork Rustum Kozain's website
1966 births
Living people
21st-century South African poets
People from Paarl
South African male poets
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