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Henneh Kyereh Kwaku [1]

Listed as: 
Poet
Public address: 
Orange, CA
California US
Email: 
poetry.hkyereh@gmail.com
Bio: 

Henneh Kyereh Kwaku is a Poet and Health Educator from Gonasua/Drobo in the Bono Region of Ghana. He's the author of Revolution of the Scavengers (African Poetry Book Fund x Akashic Books, 2020). He was a 2022 resident at the Library of Africa and the African Diaspora (LOATAD) and a two-time recipient of the Samira Bawumia Literature Prize (2020, poetry and 2022, Nonfiction). He is the founder and co-host of the Church of Poetry on Twitter Spaces. His poems/essays/hybrids have appeared or are forthcoming in the Academy of American Poets’ A-Poem-A-Day, Poetry Magazine, Prairie Schooner, World Literature Today, Lolwe, Agbowó, Tupelo Quarterly, Air/Light Magazine, Tampered Press, Poetry Society of America, CGWS, New South Journal, & Olongo Africa. He lives in Orange, CA, where he studies Creative Writing at Chapman University. He shares memes on Twitter/Instagram at @kwaku_kyereh.

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
In which languages are you fluent?: 
English
Twitter/X: 
kwaku_kyereh
Born in: 
Ghana
Raised in: 
Ghana
Website: 
https://linktr.ee/kwaku_kyereh [2]
Prizes won: 

J. Howard and Barbara M.J. Wood Prize (2024)

Samira Bawumia Literary Prize for Nonfiction (2022)[and Poetry (2020)

Education: 
Chapman University
Agent/Agency name: 
Elise Dillsworth
Identifies as: 
Black
Prefers to work with: 
Any

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Links
[1] https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/henneh_kyereh_kwaku [2] https://linktr.ee/kwaku_kyereh