Grahame Davies
Grahame Davies is a Welsh
poet, novelist, editor and literary critic, who has won numerous prizes,
including the Wales Book of the Year Award.
He is the author of 16 books in Welsh and English, including: The Chosen People, a study of the relationship of the Welsh and Jewish peoples; The Dragon and the Crescent, a study of Wales and Islam; a novel, Everything Must Change, about the French philosopher Simone Weil, and the popular work of psychogeography, Real Wrexham.
A native of Wrexham, now based in Cardiff, he has a degree in English from Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, and a PhD from Cardiff University, where he is an honorary fellow in the department of religious studies.
He has been awarded an honorary D.Litt from Anglia Ruskin University, and is a fellow of Goodenough College, London. He travels internationally as a reader and lecturer, and has collaborated widely with musical and visual artists. His poetry has been translated into many languages.
He is the author of 16 books in Welsh and English, including: The Chosen People, a study of the relationship of the Welsh and Jewish peoples; The Dragon and the Crescent, a study of Wales and Islam; a novel, Everything Must Change, about the French philosopher Simone Weil, and the popular work of psychogeography, Real Wrexham.
A native of Wrexham, now based in Cardiff, he has a degree in English from Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, and a PhD from Cardiff University, where he is an honorary fellow in the department of religious studies.
He has been awarded an honorary D.Litt from Anglia Ruskin University, and is a fellow of Goodenough College, London. He travels internationally as a reader and lecturer, and has collaborated widely with musical and visual artists. His poetry has been translated into many languages.