Les Merton
Les Merton is a Cornish self-published writer from Medlyn Moor, Cornwall, England, UK, now living in Redruth.[1] Educated at Halwin School, and employed in various ways in his life, he has written in a range of genres including humour and Cornish dialect.[2]
In 2002 he founded Poetry Cornwall / Bardhonyaeth Kernow,[3] of which he remains the editor. In the same year his poem "Gud News" won the Cornish Gorsedd,[4] and in 2004 he was made a bard of that organisation for his services to Cornish literature,[2] which have been described as "new investigations of Cornish experience".[5] His bardic name is Map Hallow (Son of the Moors).[2]
His guide to the Cornish dialect entitled Oall Rite Me Ansum?: a salute to Cornish Dialect was published in 2003.[1][6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Cornwall Writers – Poetry inspired by the Cornish landscape". Genius Loci Creative Network. Retrieved 2011-06-17.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Profile of Les Merton". The Emporium Redruth. Retrieved 2011-06-17.
- ↑ "Poetry Cornwall – Bardhonyeth Kernow". Poetry Cornwall – Bardhonyeth Kernow. Retrieved 2011-06-17.
- ↑ Chatter of Choughs: an anthology celebrating the return of Cornwall's legendary bird. Penzance: Hypatia Trust. pp. xxvi, 43–45. ISBN 978-1-872229-49-2.
- ↑ Kent, Alan (2006). "Bringin’ the Dunkey Down from the Carn:" Cornu-English in Context 1549–2005, a provisional analysis. Potsdam: Universitäts-Verlag Potsdam. p. 27. ISBN 3-939469-06-8.
- ↑ Merton, Les (2003). Oall Rite Me Ansum?: a salute to the Cornish Dialect. UK: Countryside Books. ISBN 1-85306-814-4.
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