Christine James
Dr Christine James is a Welsh poet and academic. She has been Archdruid of Wales since June 2013, the first woman to hold that title.[1] Like all holders of the title, she qualifies by virtue of having won one of the major literary prizes at a previous National Eisteddfod.
Christine James was born in Tonypandy, Rhondda, and educated at Porth County Grammar School, then later at Aberystwyth University, where she gained a first-class honours degree in Welsh and was subsequently awarded a PhD for a thesis on the Laws of Hywel Dda. She currently lives in Cardiff and works as a senior lecturer in Swansea in the Department of Welsh, Academi Hywel Teifi, Swansea University.[1] She is an elected Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales and of the Academi Gymreig (the Welsh Academy).
She won the Crown at the 2005 National Eisteddfod for a poetry collection inspired by works of art, including a number in the National Museum Cardiff.[2] She presided over the ceremonies of the 2013 Eisteddfod in Denbigh. Her period of office lasts for three years.[1]
Her first volume of poetry, Rhwng y Llinellau, was published by Cyhoeddiadau Barddas in 2013 and launched at the National Eisteddfod in Denbigh.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Eisteddfod names Christine James first woman archdruid, BBC News, 23 June 2012
- ↑ Daniel G Williams (20 August 2010). Aneurin Bevan and Paul Robeson: socialism, class and identity. Institute of Welsh Affairs. pp. 8–. ISBN 978-1-904773-53-5. Retrieved 13 October 2012.