Poet Biography

Menna Elfyn

MENNA ELFYN is, according to Tony Conran, “the first Welsh poet in 1,500 years
to have her work known outside Wales.” She is also a playwright, a columnist and editor of The Bloodaxe Book of Modern Welsh Poetry. She has written eight plays for the stage and two for television. Her latest volumes of poems are Perffaith Nam/Perfect Blemish and IN PERSON. She has worked as a poet and/or teacher in the Philippines, Zimbabwe and the Middle East, as well as in the U.S. Her work has been translated into 18 languages including Italian and Lithuanian. She is the Director of Creative Writing at University College, Trinity, in Wales, and a fellow at Swansea University.