▁American ▁literature ▁at ▁Queen ▁Mary ▁& ▁West field ▁College , ▁University ▁of ▁London . ▁Since ▁ 1 9 9 9 ▁he ▁has ▁taught ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Gu el ph , ▁Ontario . ▁ ▁Hen igh an ▁has ▁published ▁five ▁nov els . ▁His ▁short ▁stories ▁have ▁been ▁published ▁in ▁Canada , ▁the ▁U . S ., ▁Great ▁Britain ▁and , ▁in ▁translation , ▁in ▁Europe . ▁Hen igh an ' s ▁nov els ▁and ▁stories ▁feature ▁imm igr ants , ▁trav ellers ▁and ▁other ▁disp la ced ▁people ▁caught ▁between ▁cult ures . ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁journal ▁Canadian ▁Liter ature , ▁Hen igh an ▁is ▁" a ▁writer ▁who ▁looks ▁hard ▁at ▁the ▁complex ities ▁and ▁re bar b ative ▁elements ▁of ▁the ▁mult icult ural , ▁global ized ▁world ▁we ▁live ▁in ." ▁ ▁Hen igh an ' s ▁journal ism ▁has ▁appeared ▁in ▁The ▁Times ▁Liter ary ▁Supp lement , ▁The ▁Wal rus , ▁Ge ist , ▁The ▁Glo be ▁and ▁Mail , ▁Toronto ▁Life , ▁Ad b ust ers ▁and ▁the ▁Montreal ▁Gazette . ▁He ▁has ▁been ▁a ▁final ist ▁for ▁the ▁Governor ▁General ' s ▁Award , ▁and ▁the ▁Canada ▁Prize ▁in ▁the ▁Human ities . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 6 ▁Hen igh an ▁set ▁off ▁a ▁controvers y ▁when ▁he ▁attacked ▁the ▁G iller ▁Prize . ▁As ▁an ▁academic , ▁he ▁has ▁published ▁articles ▁on ▁ ▁Latin ▁American ▁literature ▁and ▁L us oph one ▁African ▁fiction , ▁a ▁book ▁on ▁the ▁Nobel ▁Prize - win