Lloyd Jones (Welsh writer)
Lloyd Jones (born 14 July 1951) is a poet, novelist and photographer. In 2002 he became the first person to walk completely around Wales, a journey of a thousand miles.
Born at Bryn Clochydd, Gwytherin, near Llanrwst, he lives at Abergwyngregyn and has formerly worked on a farm and as a newspaper editor, a lecturer and a mencap nurse.[1] He writes in both Welsh and English. After almost dying from alcoholism he gave up drinking on 28 December 2001.
He is a graduate of Bangor University, with a degree in Welsh and English literature. He has published the following books:
- Mr Vogel (Seren, 2004), which was based partly on Jones' walk around Wales. It won the McKitterick Prize and was shortlisted for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction.
- Mr Cassini (Seren, 2006), which was partially inspired by his walking across Wales in seven different directions. It won the Wales Book of the Year award in 2007.
- My First Colouring Book (Seren, 2008), a collection of short stories and essays.
- See How They Run (Seren, 2012), part of the Mabinogion series.
- Y Dŵr (Y Lolfa, 2009) a novel about climate change, set in Wales.[2]
- Y Daith (Y Lolfa, 2014), a fantasy about a walking trip along Offa's Dyke.
- Water (Y Lolfa, 2014), a translation of Y Dwr.
- Fflur (Y Lolfa, 2019), a country romance.
- Lobsgows (Gwasg Bodfan, 2024) Irish, Scots and Breton Gaelic poetry translated into Welsh, also Inuit and Afghanistan poems, Mesopotamian letters, plus various articles and poems in Welsh.
He has self-published the following books of poetry:
- Secret Life of a Postman (2014)
- Out With It (2016)
- My life on Tlön (2017)
- Collected Poems (2019)
- Selected Poems (2019)
He has also self-published the following volumes of essays:
- Three Little Things Before I Go
- When I'm 64
In addition, he has published the following:
- Bron Haul – the croft on the moors (Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, bilingual edition, 2011), a festschrift by three authors telling the story of a small moorland croft.
- The Dream of the Mouse, a surreal comic novel.
He has also translated a highly successful Welsh novel, O! Tyn y Gorchudd, by Angharad Price:
- The Life of Rebecca Jones (MacLehose Press, 2014)
He has also contributed chapters to:
- Sing, Sorrow, Sorrow: Dark and Chilling Tales (Seren Books, 2010)
- Un yn Ormod, a book about people who've experienced problems with alcohol (Y Lolfa, 2020)
Photographic exhibitions:
- People and Places I Wouldn't Have Seen if I'd Carried on Drinking at the Museum of Modern Art, Machynlleth, from 18 January – 29 February 2020.
- Byw yn y Wlad/Country Life at the Syr Henry Jones Museum, Llangernyw, Summer 2021.
- Sobor o beth/Sober light of day at Storiel Museum and Art Gallery, Bangor, October –– December 2021.
References
[edit]- ^ "Authors". Archived from the original on 10 November 2007. Retrieved 5 May 2008.
- ^ "'Surreal' novel wins book award". BBC News. 9 July 2007. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
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