Christine Evans (born 1943) is a

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of Welsh origin, born in the West Riding of

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and writing in English. She lives in

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. Her book ''Cometary Phrases'' was Welsh Book of the Year in 1989.

Career

In 1967 Evans moved to

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on the Llŷn Peninsula in 1967 to teach English at Pwllheli County Grammar School, which is now part of

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. Her father and grandmother had been brought up there. Evans then married into a Bardsey Island farming family. She currently lives half the year on Bardsey Island, spending winters and doing her writing there at Uwchmynydd. While on maternity leave in 1976, Christine Evans started writing poems in English. Her first book, ''Looking Inland'', appeared seven years later. ''Cometary Phases'' was declared Welsh Book of the Year in 1989. Her ''Selected Poems'' won her the inaugural

Roland Mathias Roland Glyn Mathias (4 September 1915 – 16 August 2007) was a Welsh writer, known for his poetry and short stories. He was also a literary critic, and responsible with Raymond Garlick for the success of the literary magazine ''Dock Leaves'' (f ...

Prize in 2005, from the

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, for its "fresh eye and boldness of metaphor, a sense of living on the threshold of other worlds." She has also written fiction and non-fiction for children and young adults.

Bibliography

*''Looking Inland'' ( Seren, 1983, ) *''Falling Back'' (Seren, 1986, ) *''Cometary Phases'' (Seren, 1989, ) *''Island of Dark Horses'' (Seren, 1995, ) *''Selected Poems'' (Seren, 2004, ) *''Growth Rings'' (Seren, 2006, ) *''Burning the Candle'' (

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, 2006, )

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