Ifor ap Glyn

Ifor ap Glyn (born 1961)^[1] is a television presenter and Welsh-language poet.^[2] Since 2016 he has been National Poet of Wales.

Background[]

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 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.^[6]

He was the executive producer of the documentary film Cysgod Rhyfel (The Shadow of War).^[7]

On 1 March 2016 Ifor ap Glyn was appointed National Poet of Wales.^[8]

Books[]

• Ifor ap Glyn (1991). . Y Lolfa. ISBN 978-0-86243-238-6.
• Ifor ap Glyn (1998). . Illustrated by Dewi Glyn Jones. Gwasg Carreg Gwalch. ISBN 978-0-86381-534-8.
• Ifor ap Glyn (2001). . Gwasg Carreg Gwalch. ISBN 978-0-86381-754-0.
• Ifor ap Glyn (2008). . Gwasg Carreg Gwalch. ISBN 978-1-84527-210-4.
• Ifor ap Glyn (2011). . Gwasg Carreg Gwalch. ISBN 978-1-84527-340-8.
• Ifor ap Glyn (2016). . Gwasg Carreg Gwalch. ISBN 978-1-84527-560-0.
• Ifor ap Glyn (2018). . Gwasg Carreg Gwalch. ISBN 978-1-84527-652-2.
• Ifor ap Glyn (2018). . Gwasg Carreg Gwalch. ISBN 978-1-84527-678-2.

Plays[]

• Branwen
• Frongoch

Television (as presenter)[]

• Ar Lafar (2011)^[2]
• The Toilet: An Unspoken History (2012)
• Pagans and Pilgrims: Britain's Holiest Places (2013)^[9]

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