Ifor ap Glyn

Ifor ap Glyn (born 1961) is a Welsh-language poet and bilingual television presenter.^[1] He was Children’s Poet Laureate for Wales (Bardd Plant Cymru) in 2008-2009 and won the Crown at the National Eisteddfod of Wales in 1999 and 2013.^[2]

Ifor ap Glyn was born in London into a Welsh-speaking family, but graduated from Cardiff University. He relocated as an adult to Denbighshire and later to Caernarfon. He worked as a television producer and scriptwriter before becoming a poet and dramatist^[3] and has worked extensively with the theatre company Cwmni Dda.^[4] He performed at the celebratory concert that marked the opening of the Welsh National Assembly in 1999, and has twice represented Wales at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in the USA.^[5]

He was the executive producer for the documentary film Cysgod Rhyfel. ^[6]

Poetry collections

• Holl Garthion Pen Cymro Ynghyd. Y Lolfa, 1991
• Golchi Llestri Mewn Bar Mitzvah. (with Dewi Glyn Jones), 1998
• Cerddi Map yr Underground. Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, 2001
• Lleisiau'r Rhyfel Mawr. 2008
• Waliau'n Canu. Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, 2011

Plays

• Branwen
• Frongoch

Television (as presenter)

• Ar Lafar (2011)
• The Toilet: An Unspoken History
• Pagans and Pilgrims: Britain's Holiest Places (2013)^[7]

References