Rustum Kozain

His debut collection of poetry, This Carting Life, was published in 2005 (Kwela/Snailpress) and collects poetry written over a span of ten years. It was awarded the Ingrid Jonker Prize in 2006 and the Olive Schreiner Prize in 2007. Other prizes include the Thomas Pringle Award (2002) and the Philip Stein Award (1997) for poems published in journals, and a runner-up in the Mondi Award for food journalism (1997).

He has recently compiled and edited an anthology of short stories, South African Short Stories Since 1994, and an anthology of poetry, Voices from all over, both for use in high schools and published by Oxford University Press Southern Africa, 2006.

He now lives in Cape Town and works as a freelance editor and writer. Bibliography:

This Carting Life, Kwela/Snailpress, 2005

Links:

Rustum Kozain’s Website:
http://www.kozain.com/

Rustum Kozain’s Blog:
http://rustumkozain.book.co.za/

Rustum Kozain’s Essay, ‘Moedertang’, on the use of dialect and colloquialism in South African English
http://www.oulitnet.co.za/seminarroom/kozain_moedertang.asp