Henk Rossouw

Henk Rossouw is from Cape Town, South Africa. His book-length poem Xamissa, published by Fordham University Press in 2018, won the Poets Out Loud Editor’s Prize. A tenure-track assistant professor, Henk teaches poetry writing and literature in the English Department at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. He is the author of the chapbook “Xamissa: The Water Archives,” included in New-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set (Tano).