Sonia Edwards

Sonia Edwards is a Welsh poet and writer who writes primarily in Welsh. She is a recipient of the Tir na n-Og Award.

Sonia Edwards
Born
Cemaes
NationalityWelsh

Life

Edwards was born in Cemaes on the island of Anglesey. She is known as a writer of books in Welsh although she also translates her own books into English. She won the Arts Council Book of the Year Award in 1996. In 1999 she won the Prose Medal at the National Eisteddfod on Anglesey.[1] In 2017 she won it again at the Anglesey Eisteddfod.

She taught Welsh at Ysgol Gyfun Llangefni, a school in Llangefni on the same island where she was born. She retired from teaching to pursue a career in writing.

Works
  • Nofelau Nawr: Cadwyn O Flodau, 2000[2]
  • White Tree, 2001
  • A White Veil for Tomorrow, 2003
  • Swigod: Jelygaid, 2012[2]
  • Rhannu Ymbarèl, 2017
gollark: "You're not *really* working if you don't sit in an office 8 hours a day, with 2 hours of meetings."
gollark: *Can*, but usually *don't*, since attitudes haven't caught up yet.
gollark: Compulsory vaccinations if you safely can, then.
gollark: Or a lot of the time deliberately push everyone down.
gollark: *Which the people in charge avoid doing*!

References
  1. "Sonia Edwards" (in Welsh). Y Lolfa. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  2. Sonia Edwards, Gomer Press


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