The Poetry of Pembrokeshire by Tony Curtis

The Poetry of Pembrokeshire by Tony Curtis

This anthology of poems traces a journey around the coast of the old county of Pembrokeshire, from the north to the Carmarthenshire border in the east. The poets in it, natives and visitors, celebrate a region of outstanding natural beauty, of scenic landscapes and coast-lines. They also recognise the unique character of Pembrokeshire: Welsh yet 'a little England beyond Wales' too. Rural, urban and industrial Pembrokeshire are all present. Its history, too, is here, with one poem dating from the seventh century, and there is much awareness of the issues facing the area today. One such issue is the language, and this anthology includes poems translated from the Welsh which give some signs of the Welsh experience of Pembrokeshire. Here is a guide to Pembrokeshire which looks beyond the picture postcards to an individual and intriguing place.

Tony Curtis is an established and acclaimed poet, novelist and critic. He has written and edited over forty books, most recently his debut novel ‘Darkness in the City of Light’, which was shortlisted for the Paul Torday Memorial Prize, and ‘Where the Birds Sing our Names’, an anthology of poems for the children’s charity Tŷ Hafan. He was Wales’s first Professor of Poetry at the University of Glamorgan, where he developed and directed the M. Phil in Writing. He was awarded a Gregory Award in 1972; won the National Poetry Competition in 1983; and the Dylan Thomas Award for Spoken Poetry in 1993, judged by Dannie Abse and Dylan’s daughter Aeronwy. He had a Cholmondeley Award in 1998 and a D.Litt. in 2004. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.

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ISBN 13	9781854110077
ISBN 10	1854110071
Title	The Poetry of Pembrokeshire
Author	Tony Curtis
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Poetry Wales Press
Year published	1995-02-23
Number of pages	100
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