Born in Cardiff and now living in Ceredigion, Gillian Clarke (b. 1937) became the third National Poet of Wales in 2008. Her work has been translated into ten languages, and she has been awarded the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry. She has also written radio and theatre drama, and translated poetry and prose from Welsh. The Gathering/Yr Helfa, commissioned by the National Theatre of Wales, was performed on Yr Wyddfa (Mount Snowdon) in 2014. She regularly tutors poetry masterclasses at Tŷ Newydd, the National Writing Centre of Wales in Llanystwmdwy, North Wales. Her latest work is a version of the 7th-century Welsh poem Y Gododdin – which makes the first-ever reference to King Arthur.
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