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Richard Gwyn (Welsh writer)

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261:, but not completing his degree, Gwyn began to travel extensively across Europe, living for long spells in Greece and Spain, working on fishing boats and as an agricultural labourer. Following a period of vagrancy and serious illness, he returned to Wales, where his experiences of travel catalysed his interest in writing, and he published three collections of poetry and prose poems. 25: 151: 339:
described as: 'An incisive overview of recent, innovative writing we're not likely to find elsewhere in English. he translations are beautiful and to the point. This is a book that belongs in every library, private or institutional, that has shelf-space for volumes of poetry.' Gwyn has also
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called it "a jagged tale gracefully told. Full of humane surreality, there’s something whole, even holistic, about the brokenness of the life it pieces (back) together." Tessa Hadley, in the
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astonishing memoir of alcoholism, illness and redemption describing, in language of the utmost control, what it feels like to lose control of one’s life.
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In recent years Gwyn has developed his career as a translator of poetry and short fiction by Latin American writers. In 2016 he published
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translated collections of poetry by the Argentinians Joaquín O. Giannuzzi and Jorge Fondebrider, and the Colombian poet
268:, set in Barcelona, received widespread critical acclaim and has been translated into many languages. His second novel, 75: 617: 422: 331: 289: 258: 57: 49: 683: 346:
Since 2013 he has been Professor of Creative and Critical Writing at Cardiff University. Gwyn is the author of
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described it as "an enthralling memoir of a young man going deeply and terribly astray."
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from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially
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in which he describes himself as a Citizen of Nowhere.
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Richard Gwyn in 2008
Pontypool, Wales
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