Robert Minhinnick

Robert Minhinnick

Robert Minhinnick (born 1952) is a Welsh poet, essayist, novelist and translator.

Minhinnick was born in Neath, and now lives in Porthcawl. He studied at University of Wales, Aberystwyth, and University of Wales, Cardiff. An environmental campaigner, he co-founded the charities Friends of the Earth and Sustainable Wales. His work deals with both Welsh and international themes. [ [http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=authC2D9C28A1d58c25E5CyUw369EA16 British Council Contemporary Writers - Robert Minhinnick ] ]

He has published seven poetry collections and several volumes of essays. He has edited the magazine, "Poetry Wales", since 1997. He has also translated poems from contemporary Welsh poets for an anthology, "The Adulterer's Tongue". His first novel, "Sea Holly", was published in autumn 2007. [ [http://www.seren-books.com/public/products.cfm?&m1=c_14&m2=e_0&m3=e_0&m4=e_0&subItemId=2056 Seren: "Sea Holly", Robert Minhinnick] (accessed 18 August 2007)]

Awards

Minhinnick won the Forward Prize for Best Individual Poem in 1999 for 'Twenty-five Laments for Iraq', and again in 2003 for 'The Fox in the National Museum of Wales'. [ [http://www.forwardartsfoundation.org/poetryprizewinners.htm Forward Poetry Prize winners] (accessed 18 August 2007)] His poem ‘The Castaway’ was also shortlisted in 2004. He has also won an Eric Gregory Award (1980) and a Cholmondeley Award (1998), both awarded by the Society of Authors to British poets. [ [http://www.societyofauthors.net/soa/page_id_sub.php4?pid=30&par_nm=Prizes%2C+grants+and+awards&parentid=7 Society of Authors: Eric Gregory Trust Fund Awards (winners)] (accessed 18 August 2007)] [ [http://www.societyofauthors.net/soa/page_id_sub.php4?pid=22&par_nm=Prizes%2C+grants+and+awards&parentid=7 Society of Authors: Cholmondeley Awards for Poets (past winners)] (accessed 18 August 2007)]

In 2006, Minhinnick's book "To Babel and Back", describing a journey in the Middle East, won the English-language Wales Book of the Year Award, which he had previously won in 1993 for "Watching the Fire Eater".

Works

Poetry

*"A Thread in the Maze" (1978) C. Davies
*"Native Ground" (1979) Triskele
*"Life Sentences" (1983) Poetry Wales
*"The Dinosaur Park" (1985) Poetry Wales
*"The Looters" (1989) Seren Press
*"Hey Fatman" (1994) Seren Press
*"Selected Poems" (1999) [http://www.carcanet.co.uk/cgi-bin/indexer?product=9781857543834 Carcanet Press]
*"After the Hurricane" (2002) [http://www.carcanet.co.uk/cgi-bin/indexer?product=9781857545630 Carcanet Press]

Novels

*"Sea Holly" (2007) Seren Press

Essays

*"Watching the Fire Eater" (1992) Seren Press
*"The Green Agenda: Essays on The Environment of Wales" (ed.) (1994) Seren Press
*"Badlands" (1996) Seren Press
*"To Babel and Back" (2005) Seren Press

Translation

*"The Adulterer's Tongue: Six Welsh Poets: A Facing-Text Anthology" (ed., transl.) (2003) [http://www.carcanet.co.uk/cgi-bin/indexer?product=9781857546446 Carcanet Press]

References

External links

* [http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=authC2D9C28A1d58c25E5CyUw369EA16 Robert Minhinnick] on [http://www.contemporarywriters.com www.contemporarywriters.com]
* [http://www.carcanet.co.uk/cgi-bin/scribe?showdoc=14;doctype=interview Carcarnet: Interview with Robert Minhinnick]


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