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Details: This month Gillian Clarke, the National Poet of Wales, is coming to Luxembourg in the framework of Printemps des Poetes.
As part of her programme that has been arranged by the British Embassy, Gillian will be visiting Chapter 1 Bookshop (42 Rue Astrid, Luxembourg-Belair) on Saturday 26 April at 11:00 accompanied by the British Ambassador the Honorary Alice Walpole.
Gillian Clarke will read some of her poems and will also discuss her writings.
Gillian Clarke: Born in Cardiff, Wales. Poet, playwright, editor, translator (from Welsh), President of Ty Newydd, the writers´ centre in North Wales which she co-founded in 1990. Tutor on M.Phil. course in Creative Writing, the University of Glamorgan, since 1994. Freelance tutor of creative writing, primary schools to adults. Her poetry is studied by GCSE and A Level students throughout Britain. She has travelled in Europe and the United States giving poetry readings and lectures, and her work has been translated into ten languages. She has a daughter and two sons, and now lives with her husband (an architect) on a smallholding in Ceredigion, where they raise a small flock of sheep, and care for the land according to organic and conservation practice.
She has written books for children, including The Animal Wall: and other poems (1999), Owain Glyn Dwr 1400-2000 (2000) and One Moonlit Night (1991), the latter being translations from the Welsh of traditional stories by T. Llew Jones. She has also written for stage, television and radio, several radio plays and poems being broadcast by the BBC.
Gillian Clarke has published several collections of poetry including Letter From a Far Country (1982); Letting in the Rumour (1989); The King of Britain's Daughter (1993); and Five Fields (1998). The latest three collections have all been Poetry Book Society Recommendations.
She is President of Ty Newydd, the Writer's Centre in North Wales which she co-founded in 1990, and teaches on the M.Phil Writing Course at the University of Glamorgan. She has travelled widely giving poetry readings and lectures, and her work has been translated into ten languages.
Gillian Clarke's most recent poetry collection is A Recipe for Water (2009). In 2008 she published a book of prose, including a journal of the writer's year, entitled At The Source, and was named as Wales' National Poet. In 2010 she was awarded the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry.
She has also written several illustrated children’s books.
Venue: Chapter 1 Bookshop (42 Rue Astrid, Luxembourg-Belair)
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