Christopher Meredith

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Biography

Christopher Meredith was born in Tredegar, Wales in 1954 and studied at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, where he read English and Philosophy, and the University College of Swansea, where he trained as a teacher.

He worked as a labourer in the steel industry and was a school teacher in Brecon, before becoming, in 1993, Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Glamorgan.

He is the author of three collections of poetry: This (1984); Snaring Heaven (1990); and The Meaning of Flight (2005). He received an Eric Gregory Award in 1984 and This won the Arts Council of Wales Young Writers Prize in 1985.

His three novels are Shifts (1988), which draws on his experiences as a steelworker; Griffri (1991), a historical novel set in the 12th century; and Sidereal Time (1998). Shifts won the Arts Council of Wales Fiction Prize and was the first book by a living author to be reprinted in the Seren Classics series. All the novels, in different ways, touch on themes of memory, identity, belonging, and the relationship between individual experience and the historical process.

Other books include a translation of Mihangel Morgan's novel, Melog (2005), and a children's book in Welsh, Nadolig Bob Dydd (2000), which appeared in an English version in 2005 (Christmas Every Day). He has also collaborated with the artist Sara Philpott on two fine press publications from Gwasg Gregynog.

Christopher Meredith has written for a variety of magazines and journals, including Times Literary Supplement, The New Statesman, and Planet, for which he wrote a column. He is a Fellow of Yr Academi Gymreig and is a founder-member of the panel of judges for the Roland Mathias Prize. He has given readings, lectures and workshops throught Britain, Europe and the US, and is based in Brecon, Wales.

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Genres (in alphabetical order)

Children, Fiction, Non-fiction, Poetry, Translation

Bibliography

This   Poetry Wales Press, 1984

Shifts   Seren, 1988

Snaring Heaven   Seren, 1990

Griffri   (revised edition 1994)   Seren, 1991

Cefn Golau: Shooting a Novelist   Gregynog, 1996

Sidereal Time   Seren, 1998

Nadolig Bob Dydd   Gomer, 2000

Christmas Every Day   (illustrated by Chris Glynn)   Pont, 2005

Five Essays on Translation   (co-edited with Katja Krebs)   University of Glamorgan, 2005

Melog/Mihangel Morgan   (translation from Welsh with afterword and notes)   Seren, 2005

The Meaning of Flight   Seren, 2005

The Story of the Afanc King and the Sons of Teyrnon   (with images by Sara Philpott)   Gregynog, 2006

Read about books by Christopher Meredith at encompassculture.com - the British Council's book database and global online book club

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Prizes and awards

1984   Eric Gregory Award

1985   Arts Council of Wales Young Writers Prize   This

1989   Arts Council of Wales Fiction Prize   Shifts

1992   Arts Council of Wales Book of the Year Award   (shortlist)   Griffri

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Contact information

Publisher (General enquiries) Seren Books 57 Nolton Street Bridgend  CF31 3AE Wales Tel: +44 (0)1656 663018 Fax: +44 (0)1656 649226 E-mail: general@seren-books.com http://www.seren-books.com

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Related links

http:/ / www.geocities.com/ christophermeredith

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