Christopher Meredith
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| Born | 1955 Tredegar |
| Occupation | Teacher |
| Nationality | Welsh |
| Genres | Poems & novels |
Christopher Meredith is a poet and novelist from Tredegar, Wales.
[edit] Personal Life
He lives with his wife and two sons in Brecon and teaches creative writing at the University of Glamorgan.
[edit] Published Works
He has published three collections of poetry, This, Snaring Heaven and The Meaning of Flight and three novels, Shifts, Griffri and Sidereal Time. All are published by Seren.
A children's book in Welsh, Nadolig Bob Dydd, was published in 2000 by Gomer Press, Llandysul, Ceredigion. Meredith has also translated Mihangel Morgan's novel Melog from Welsh into English.
His first collection of poems, This, won the Welsh Arts Council Young Writer Prize and his first novel, Shifts, won the Welsh Arts Council Fiction Prize. His historical novel Griffri, was shortlisted for the Welsh Book of the Year Award. His poetry collection The Meaning of Flight was longlisted for the Welsh Book of the Year Prize 2006.
