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Poems from the Contemporary Welsh
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This dual-language collection indicates the vibrant poetry scene in the Welsh language, featuring poetry by Menna Elfyn, Llyr Gwyn, Iwan Llwyd, Sian Northey, Karen Owen, and Iestyn Tyne, all translated by the leading Welsh poet Robert Minhinnick.

Robert Minhinnick was born in 1952 and lives in Porthcawl. He is a poet, novelist, essayist and critic. An established environmentalist, he is joint founder of Friends of the Earth Cymru, and the charity Sustainable Wales which was founded in 1997, for which he is a special advisor. His poems have twice won the Forward Prize for Best Individual Poem and his essays have twice won Wales Book of the Year. His previous Carcanet collection, Diary of the Last Man, was published in 2017 alongside a film of the same by Park6 Productions.

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