Gwyneth Glyn (born Gwyneth Glyn Evans, 14 December 1979) is a

Welsh language Welsh ( or ) is a Celtic language family, Celtic language of the Brittonic languages, Brittonic subgroup that is native to the Welsh people. Welsh is spoken natively in Wales, by some in England, and in Y Wladfa (the Welsh colony in Chubut P ...

poet and musician.

Biography

Gwyneth Glyn was born in St David's Hospital in

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, and grew up at her family home in Llanarmon. She was educated at

Ysgol Glan y Môr Ysgol Glan y Môr is a bilingual comprehensive school in the market town of Pwllheli in the Welsh county of Gwynedd. The school serves a large part of the Llŷn Peninsula ( cy, Penrhyn Llŷn). As of 2022, there were 495 pupils on roll at the s ...

Pwllheli Pwllheli () is a market town and community of the Llŷn Peninsula ( cy, Penrhyn Llŷn) in Gwynedd, north-western Wales. It had a population of 4,076 in 2011 of whom a large proportion, 81%, are Welsh language, Welsh speaking. Pwllheli is the pl ...

and

Coleg Meirion-Dwyfor (meaning in English "Meirion-Dwyfor College"), also known as CMD, is a college in , Wales with its main campus in . It serves the areas of and . It has a bilingual language policy and offers the opportunity to study most subjects through th ...

before going on to gain a first class honours degree in Philosophy and Theology at

Jesus College, Oxford Jesus College (in full: Jesus College in the University of Oxford of Queen Elizabeth's Foundation) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. It is in the centre of the city, on a site between Turl Street, Ship St ...

. She was a member of the band Coca Rosa and the Dirty Cousins. She won the Crown at the 1998

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, and was the Welsh Children's Poet Laureate for 2006–2007.

Bibliography

* ''Gwneud Môr a Mynydd'' (Gwyneth Glyn Evans, Lowri Davies, Esyllt Nest Roberts), June 2000 (

Gwasg Carreg Gwalch Gwasg Carreg Gwalch () is a publishing company based in Llanrwst, Wales. They specialise in publishing works in the Welsh language, but also publish English-language books of Welsh interest. The company was founded by Myrddin ap Dafydd in 1980, ...

) * ''Straeon Bolwyn: Bolwyn a'r Dyn Eira Cas'', November 2000 (Gwasg Carreg Gwalch) * ''Straeon Bolwyn: Bolwyn yn y Sioe Nadolig'', November 2000, (Gwasg Carreg Gwalch]) * ''Plant Mewn Panig!'', October 2004, (Dref Wen) * ''Drws Arall i'r Coed'' (Gwyneth Glyn Evans, Eurgain Haf, Dyfrig Jones,

Caryl Lewis Caryl Lewis (born 7 July 1978) is a Welsh novelist. She won the Wales Book of the Year in 2005 with her novel ''Martha Jac a Sianco'', which was adapted into a film in 2008. Biography Lewis was brought up in Aberaeron until she was 12. Then she ...

, Manon Wyn), February 2005 (Sgript Cymru) * ''Cyfres Pen Dafad: Mewn Limbo/Sbinia'' (Gwyneth Glyn Evans, Bedwyr Rees - CD), July 2005 (Cwmni Recordio Sain) * ''Cyfres Pen Dafad: Aminah a Minna'', November 2005 (

Y Lolfa Y Lolfa (Welsh for ''The Lounge'', ) is a Welsh printing and publishing company based in Tal-y-bont, Ceredigion, in Mid-Wales. It publishes a wide variety of books in Welsh and English. It also provides a commercial print service. Y Lolfa was est ...

) * ''Dramâu'r Drain: Deryn Mewn Llaw'', January 2006 (Y Lolfa) * ''Cyfres Codi'r Llenni - Mewn Limbo: Sgript a Gweithgareddau'' (Gwyneth Glyn Evans, Lowri Cynan), January 2007 (Y Lolfa) * ''Cyfres Pen Dafad: Mewn Limbo'', May 2007 (Y Lolfa)

Discography

Albums

* ''Wyneb dros dro'' ("A temporary face" diomatically, "temporary surface", used on road signs, 2005 (Slacyr) * ''Tonau'' ("Waves"), 2007 (Recordiau Gwinllan) * ''Cainc'' ("Branches"), 2011 * ''Tro'' ("Turn"), 2017 (Bendigedig)

Singles

* ''Paid â Deud'' ("Don't Say") (collaboration with

Cowbois Rhos Botwnnog Cowbois Rhos Botwnnog are a folk band consisting of three brothers from Rhos Botwnnog, between the villages of Botwnnog and Llaniestyn on the Llyn Peninsula, Gwynedd, Wales and accompanying musicians and singers. They experiment with country, ...

), 2008 (Sbrigyn Ymborth)

Reception

Her song 'Can y Cŵn' from 2017 album ''Tro'' was nominated for a BBC Radio 2 folk award in February 2018. This was her second nomination, the first was following her involvement in the

Songs of Separation Songs of Separation was a music project created in the aftermath of the 2014 Scottish independence referendum to explore through the medium of music ideas of separation. It was organised by double-bass player Jenny Hill and brought together t ...

Cardiff concert of 2016 featuring British female folk artists, which won the Best Album in 2017.

References

External links

Gwyneth Glyn MySpace site

Gwyneth Glyn at Amazon.com

Gwyneth Glyn biography from BBC Wales
* http://gwynethglyn.com/en/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Glyn, Gwyneth 1979 births Living people Alumni of Jesus College, Oxford People from Gwynedd People educated at Ysgol Glan y Môr 21st-century Welsh women singers Welsh-language poets Welsh guitarists Welsh singer-songwriters Welsh-language singers Welsh-speaking musicians 21st-century British guitarists 21st-century women guitarists