Christophe Van Rossom

Born on 21 April 1969, Christophe Van Rossom is a lecturer, author of numerous articles and studies, and a Belgian poet and essayist. Professor of Histoire de la littérature et du théâtre and Histoire des spectacles at the Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles, he also teaches at the École de recherche graphique and at the Université libre de Bruxelles. A member of the editorial board of the journal L’étrangère, Christophe Van Rossom has published prose and poetry, including Sous un ciel dévoyé and Savoir de guerre, as well as several essays such as À Voix haute, Mallarmé, facile ?, Pour saluer le Comte de La Fère, Jacques Crickillon : la vision et le souffle, Marcel Moreau : L’insoumission et l’ivresse, and Jacques Cels, architecte du sens. In 2004, the Académie de langue et littérature françaises de Belgique awarded him the Émmanuel Vossaert Prize for his critical work. In 2009, he represented the Communauté française de Belgique at the 25th International Poetry Festival of Trois Rivières in Quebec.