The Bloodaxe Book of Modern Welsh Poetry
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The Bloodaxe Book of Modern Welsh Poetry by Menna Elfyn
This selection brings together poets of every hue: from magisterial figures like T Gwynn Jones, R Williams Parry and Saunders Lewis to folk poets such as Alun Cilie and Dic Jones; from cerebral poets Pennar Davies and Bobi Jones to popular entertainers Geraint Lovgreen and Ifor ap Glyn.Menna Elfyn(2003) with John Rowlands.
Her poetry books include two dual-language selections,Eucalyptus: Detholiad o Gerddi / Selected Poems 1978-1994(Gomer Press, 1995), andPerfect Blemish: New & Selected Poems / Perffaith Nam: Dau Ddetholiad & Cherddi Newydd 1995-2007(Bloodaxe Books, 2007), a Welsh-only selectionMerch Perygl: Cerddi 1976-2011(Gomer Press, 2011), and two later dual-language collections from Bloodaxe,Murmur(2012), a Poetry Book Society Recommended Translation, andBondo(2017).Parch(2025) is Menna Elfyn's sixth poetry book from Bloodaxe. For the first time in this collection, she has written many of the poems direct into English, and translated some of them herself.
Optimist Absoliwt: Cofiant Eluned Phillips, her biography of the poet Eluned Phillips, was published (in Welsh) in 2016, andCwsg: am dro yn l, a book about sleep illustrated by Sarah Williams, in 2019, both from Gomer Press. Her most recent Welsh language collection,Tosturi(Mercy), with illustrations by Meinir Mathias (Cyhoeddiadau Barddas, 2022), was shortlisted for the 2023 Welsh-language Wales Book of the Year Poetry Award.
When not travelling the world for readings and residencies, she lives in Carmarthen. She was Wales's National Children's Laureate in 2002, and was made President of Wales PEN Cymru in 2014. She was, until 2016, Creative Director in the School of Cultural Studies at the University of Wales, Trinity Saint David; she is also Professor of Poetry and Creative Writing. She won a Cholmondeley Award in 2022, a prize which recognises a poet's body of work.
John Rowlands (2003) with Menna Elfyn. He was one of the most prolific judges in the Eisteddfod literary competitions and was probably the foremost critic in Welsh on Welsh.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781852245498 |
| ISBN 10 | 1852245492 |
| Title | The Bloodaxe Book of Modern Welsh Poetry |
| Author | Menna Elfyn |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bloodaxe Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2003-05-29 |
| Number of pages | 448 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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