Sonia Edwards is a
Welsh
Welsh may refer to:
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* Welsh, referring or related to Wales
* Welsh language, a Brittonic Celtic language spoken in Wales
* Welsh people
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poet and writer who writes primarily in Welsh. She is a recipient of the
Tir na n-Og Award
The Tir na n-Og Awards (abbreviated TnaO) are a set of annual children's literary awards in Wales from 1976. They are presented by the Books Council of Wales to the best books published during the preceding calendar year in each of three awards cat ...
.
Life
Edwards was born in
Cemaes
Cemaes () is a village on the north coast of Anglesey in Wales, sited on Cemaes Bay, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty which is partly owned by the National Trust. It is the most northerly village in Wales (excluding the nearby hamlet of L ...
on the island of
Anglesey
Anglesey (; cy, (Ynys) Môn ) is an island off the north-west coast of Wales. It forms a principal area known as the Isle of Anglesey, that includes Holy Island across the narrow Cymyran Strait and some islets and skerries. Anglesey island ...
. 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.
In 2017 she won it again at the Anglesey Eisteddfod.
She taught Welsh at
Ysgol Gyfun Llangefni
Ysgol Gyfun Llangefni is a bilingual community comprehensive school for pupils aged 11 to 18 years old located in Llangefni, Anglesey. Pupils come from the town of Llangefni and the surrounding villages and rural areas. The school opened aroun ...
, a school in
Llangefni
Llangefni (meaning "church on the River Cefni", ) is the county town of Anglesey in Wales and contains the principal offices of the Isle of Anglesey County Council. United Kingdom Census 2011 recorded Llangefni's population as 5,116 people, maki ...
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
[Sonia Edwards]
Gomer Press
*''White Tree'', 2001
*''A White Veil for Tomorrow'', 2003
*''Swigod: Jelygaid'', 2012
[
*''Rhannu Ymbarèl'', 2017
]
References
Living people
People from Anglesey
British women poets
Welsh-language writers
Year of birth missing (living people)
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