Gillian Clarke (b. 1937) is one of the central figures in contemporary Welsh poetry. Her own poems have achieved widespread critical and popular acclaim (her Selected Poems has gone through seven printings and her work is studied by GCSE and A Level students throughout Britain) but she has also made her cultural mark through her inspirational role as a teacher, as editor of the Anglo-Welsh Review from 1975-1984, and as founder and President of Ty Newydd, the writers' centre in North Wales. She was born in Cardiff and currently runs an organic small-holding in Ceredigion. The Welsh landscape is a shaping force in her work, together with recurrent themes of war, womanhood and the passage of time. Her last three books have all been Poetry Book Society Recommendations.
- 26 May 2013 7:30 PM
Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX
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1989 Poetry Book Society Recommendation, Letting in the Rumour
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1993 Poetry Book Society Recommendation, The King of Britain's Daughter
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1998 Poetry Book Society Recommendation, Five Fields
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National Poet of Wales
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