Iwan Llwyd

Iwan Llwyd (1957-) was brought up in Tal-y-bont, Conwy, and now lives in Tal-y-bont, Bangor. After graduating from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth with an MA in medieval poetry, he worked for a public relations company before becoming self-employed. He performs his poetry widely, both in Wales and abroad, and also tours with the group Steve Eaves a’i Driawd, much influenced by blues and jazz, for which he plays bass guitar. In 1990, he was awarded the Crown at the National Eisteddfod – one of Wales’s most important poetry prizes, awarded for a long poem in the free metres.

Selected publications
Sonedau Bore Sadwrn  (Saturday Morning Sonnets, Y Lolfa, 1981)
Dan Anasthetig (Under Anaesthetic, Gwasg Taf, 1987)
Dan fy Ngwynt (Under My Breath, Gwasg Taf, 1992)
Dan Ddylanwad (Under Influence, Gwasg Taf, 1997)
Be ‘di Blwyddyn Rhwng Ffrindia (What’s a Year between Friends, Gwasg Taf, 2003)  

Selected translations
Valencia: Poesia Gallesa Actual (Edicions Alfons el Magnànim, 1992)
UK: Modern Poetry in Translation, No. 7 (Spring, 1995)
USA: Writing the Wind: A Celtic Resurgence (New Native Press, 1997)
Czech Republic: Drak má dvojí jazyk (Periplum, 2000)
Italy: I Nuovi Bardi (Mobydick, 2000)
UK: Oxygen: beirdd newydd o gymru / new poets from wales (Seren, 2000)
USA: Re-imagining Wales (The Literary Review, 2001)
Bulgaria: Plamak: Phsatelh ot Yelc (Plamak, issue 3 & 4, 2002)
Italy: Iwan Llwyd; Da Bangor a Bangor: il viaggio di un bardo (Mobydick, 2003)
UK: The Bloodaxe Book of Modern Welsh Poetry (Bloodaxe, 2003)
UK: The Adulterer’s Tongue. Six Welsh Poets: a facing-text anthology (Carcanet, 2003)