Ifor ap Glyn

Ifor ap Glyn (born 1961)[1] is a television presenter and Welsh-language poet.[2] Since 2016 he has been National Poet of Wales.

Background

Ifor ap Glyn was born in London into a Welsh-speaking family, but graduated from Cardiff University. He relocated as an adult to Denbighshire and later to Caernarfon. He worked as a television producer and scriptwriter before becoming a poet and dramatist[3] and has worked extensively with the theatre company Cwmni Dda.[4] He performed at the celebratory concert that marked the opening of the Welsh National Assembly in 1999, and has twice represented Wales at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in the USA.[5]

He was Children’s Poet Laureate for Wales (Bardd Plant Cymru) in 2008-2009 and won the Crown at the National Eisteddfod of Wales in 1999 and 2013.[6]

He was the executive producer of the documentary film Cysgod Rhyfel (The Shadow of War).[7]

On 1 March 2016 Ifor ap Glyn was appointed National Poet of Wales.[8]

Books
  • Ifor ap Glyn (1991). Holl Garthion Pen Cymro Ynghyd. Y Lolfa. ISBN 978-0-86243-238-6.
  • Ifor ap Glyn (1998). Golchi Llestri Mewn Bar Mitzvah. Illustrated by Dewi Glyn Jones. Gwasg Carreg Gwalch. ISBN 978-0-86381-534-8.
  • Ifor ap Glyn (2001). Cerddi Map yr Underground. Gwasg Carreg Gwalch. ISBN 978-0-86381-754-0.
  • Ifor ap Glyn (2008). Lleisiau'r Rhyfel Mawr. Gwasg Carreg Gwalch. ISBN 978-1-84527-210-4.
  • Ifor ap Glyn (2011). Waliau'n Canu. Gwasg Carreg Gwalch. ISBN 978-1-84527-340-8.
  • Ifor ap Glyn (2016). Tra Bo Dau. Gwasg Carreg Gwalch. ISBN 978-1-84527-560-0.
  • Ifor ap Glyn (2018). Hanes yr Iaith Mewn 50 Gair. Gwasg Carreg Gwalch. ISBN 978-1-84527-652-2.
  • Ifor ap Glyn (2018). Cuddle Call?. Gwasg Carreg Gwalch. ISBN 978-1-84527-678-2.

Plays
  • Branwen
  • Frongoch

Television (as presenter)
  • Ar Lafar (2011)[2]
  • The Toilet: An Unspoken History (2012)
  • Pagans and Pilgrims: Britain's Holiest Places (2013)[9]
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gollark: It's apparently possible to see what people are seeing by reading their brain activity in an MRI scanner now, but those are hardly conducive to sleep and dreams probably don't use the same hardware.
gollark: Dream journal things, plausibly.
gollark: I don't think you can meaningfully do that. Atoms are smaller than the wavelength of visible light. It wouldn't make sense.

References
  1. Richard Lea (1 March 2016). "A new poet for St David's Day: Ifor ap Glyn appointed national poet of Wales". Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  2. Wales Online, "Interview: Poet and presenter Ifor ap Glyn on his new TV series", 4 June 2011. Accessed 25 August 2013
  3. Literature Wales: Writers of Wales - Ifor ap Glyn Archived 2013-04-09 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 25 August 2013
  4. Northwales.co.uk, Poet Laureate. Accessed 25 August 2013
  5. Smithsonian Folklife Festival 2013 Archived 2013-07-19 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 25 August 2013
  6. Wales Online, "Poet Ifor ap Glyn awarded crown at National Eisteddfod", 5 August 2013. Accessed 25 August 2013
  7. "Ifor ap Glyn". IMDb. (Retrieved 23 May 2014)
  8. "Ifor ap Glyn is appointed new national poet of Wales", BBC News, 1 March 2016, retrieved 2 March 2016
  9. The Telegraph: Review by Ben Lawrence, 11 April 2013. Accessed 25 August 2013
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