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Award-winning poet and playwright. She is a full time writer and has published seven volumes of poetry. She has also written five stage plays and adapted two for S4C. Her work has been translated into many languages and she has presented her work in festivals around the world. Although she writes only in Welsh [in Wales] her translators include Tony Conran, Gillian Clarke, Joseph Clancy and Elin ap Hywel. During the last two years she has been working in the US on a number of projects, mainly libretti.

Author of two novels for teenagers, Rana Rebel (2002) is the story of a child soldier who stumbles across two innocent children. She has also edited a book of poetry for children and in August 2002 was appointed Poet Laureate for the Children of Wales (Bardd Plant Cymru).

Selected publications:
Eucalyptus (Gomer)
Cell Angel (Bloodaxe)
Cusan Dyn Dall/Blind Man's Kiss (Bloodaxe)
(all three parallel text Welsh/English)

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