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Gwyneth Lewis

Occupation Poet; Non-fiction writer
Nationality Welsh
Notable award(s) National Poet for Wales
Official website

Gwyneth Lewis BA MA D. Employment is a Contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. Nationality is a relationship between a Person and their State of Origin, Culture, association Affiliation and/or Loyalty The post of National Poet of Wales was established in May 2005 by Yr Academi Gymreig – the Welsh National Literature Promotion Agency and Society for Writers Phil (born 1959 in Cardiff) is a Welsh poet, and was the first National Poet for Wales. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Cardiff ( 'kɑːdɪf) is the Capital and the largest city and county in Wales. A poet is a person who writes Poetry. Etymology From the Ancient greek: ποιέω, poieō: "I make or compose" The post of National Poet of Wales was established in May 2005 by Yr Academi Gymreig – the Welsh National Literature Promotion Agency and Society for Writers

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Biography

Born into a Welsh speaking family, Lewis's father taught her English when her mother went into hospital to give birth to her sister. Welsh ( cy Cymraeg or cy y Gymraeg, kəmˈrɑːɨɡ and {{IPA|[ə ɡəmˈrɑːɨɡ]}}, is a member of the Brythonic branch of Celtic English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States [1]

Lewis attended Ysgol Gyfun Rhydfelen, a bilingual school near Pontypridd, and then studied at Girton College, University of Cambridge and was awarded a double first in English literature and the Laurie Hart Prize for outstanding intellectual work. Ysgol Gyfun Rhydfelen is a Welsh Medium comprehensive school in the village of Church Village near Pontypridd, in the county borough of Pontypridd is both a community and a Town in Glamorgan, Wales, in the County borough of Rhondda Cynon Taff and is situated 12 Girton College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England. The University of Cambridge (often Cambridge University) located in Cambridge, England, is the second-oldest university in the Lewis then studied creative writing at Columbia and Harvard, before receiving a D. Columbia University is a private University in the United States and a member of the Ivy League. Phil in English from University of Oxford, having written a thesis on eighteenth-century literary forgery on the work of Iolo Morganwg. The University of Oxford (informally "Oxford University" or simply "Oxford" located in the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England is the Iolo Morganwg (or Morgannwg in modern spelling ˈjolo morˈganːug was the Bardic name of Edward Williams ( March 10 1747 &ndash [2].

Lewis was made a Harkness Fellow and worked as a freelance journalist in New York for three years. The Commonwealth Fund is a private charitable foundation that aims to promote a high performing Health care system that achieves better access improved quality and greater A journalist (also called a newspaperman) is a person who practices Journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events trends New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous Lewis returned to Cardiff and worked as a documentary producer and director at BBC Wales. Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt in one fashion or another to " Document " reality BBC Wales ( BBC Cymru) is a division of the British Broadcasting Corporation for Wales. [3]

Lewis left the BBC in 2001 after she was awarded a £75,000 grant by the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts to carry out research and to sail to ports that are linked historically with the inhabitants of her native city, Cardiff. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. The National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts is an endowment in the United Kingdom established by an Act of Parliament in 1998

She later wrote the words which appear over the Wales Millennium Centre which opened in November 2004, and in 2005 she was elected Honorary Fellow of Cardiff University. Wales Millennium Centre (Canolfan Mileniwm Cymru which also has a nickname locally as The Armadillo, is a centre for the Performing arts located in the "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Cardiff University (Prifysgol Caerdydd is a leading University located in the Cathays Park area of Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom The same year she was made the first National Poet for Wales. The post of National Poet of Wales was established in May 2005 by Yr Academi Gymreig – the Welsh National Literature Promotion Agency and Society for Writers [4][5]

Music

Lewis has entered the world of music, in partnership with Richard Chew. "Redflight/ Barcud" was her first libretto, commissioned and presented by Welsh National Opera with pupils from Ysgol Capel y Cynfab, Cynghordy and Ysgol Cil-y-cwm. A libretto is the text used in an extended Musical work such as an Opera, Operetta, Masque, sacred or secular Oratorio and Welsh National Opera ( WNO) is a touring Opera company founded in Cardiff, Wales in 1946 "The Most Beautiful Man from the Sea" is an oratorio for six hundred voices, with music by Chew and Orlando Gough. An oratorio is a large Musical composition including an Orchestra, a Choir, and soloists The oratorio was somewhat modeled after the Opera It was given its world premier at the Wales Millennium Centre by the Chorus of Welsh National Opera and five hundred amateur singers. Wales Millennium Centre (Canolfan Mileniwm Cymru which also has a nickname locally as The Armadillo, is a centre for the Performing arts located in the

Personal life

Married to Leighton, a former bosun with the Merchant Navy, Lewis has had a well documented battle in the past with Clinical depression[6] and alcoholism. A boatswain or bosun /ˈbosn̩/ is an unlicensed member of the Deck department of a Merchant ship. The British Merchant Navy, known simply as the Merchant Navy is the maritime register of the United Kingdom, and describes the seagoing commercial interests Major depressive disorder, also known as major depression, unipolar depression, unipolar disorder, clinical depression, or simply depression Alcoholism is a term with multiple and sometimes conflicting definitions [7] Her personal battles inspired her first book Sunbathing in the Rain: A Cheerful Book on Depression; as well as the collection of poems "Keeping Mum - Voices from Therapy. [8]

Having agreed to change their lifestyles for their own good, Lewis and her husband bought the small yacht "Jameeleh," and having taught themselves to sail set out to cross the Atlantic ocean to Africa. The journey inspired her 2005 book Two in a Boat - The True Story of a Marital Rite of Passage. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. [9]

Bibliography

Prizes and awards

Current list of prizes and awards:[11]

References

  1. ^ The poet Gwyneth Lewis on how she learned English in secret with her father | By genre | Guardian Unlimited Books
  2. ^ CREW Welsh Writers Online: Gwyneth Lewis
  3. ^ CREW Welsh Writers Online: Gwyneth Lewis
  4. ^ Intute: Arts and Humanities - Full record details for Gwyneth Lewis : Wales' first national poet
  5. ^ BBC NEWS | Wales | Mid Wales | 'Poet for ever' urges laureate
  6. ^ BBC NEWS | Health | Celebrity health - Gwyneth Lewis
  7. ^ Two in a Boat: The True Story of a Marital Rite of Passage by Gwyneth Lewis
  8. ^ Results - enCompass Culture
  9. ^ Two in a Boat: The True Story of a Marital Rite of Passage by Gwyneth Lewis
  10. ^ Gwyneth Lewis - Biography
  11. ^ Gwyneth Lewis
  12. ^ CREW Welsh Writers Online: Gwyneth Lewis

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