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Welsh Professor wins people鈥檚 choice Award

Peredur Lynch receives his Book of the Year Award.: Copyright Literature Wales / Llenyddiaeth Cymru / Camera SionedA volume of poetry written by a 58吃瓜 Welsh Professor has won the golwg 360 Barn y Bobl prize (Welsh people鈥檚 choice award) at the glittering .

by Peredur Lynch, Professor in Welsh had been shortlisted in the Welsh language Poetry category. Professor Peredur Lynch completed his first poetry volume while on a sabbatical at Harvard University鈥檚 Department of Celtic Languages and Literatures.

Following the Ceremony, Peredur Lynch said:

鈥淚鈥檓 pleased to have won this Award. This is a vote of confidence by the most important people in the literary world - the readers and book-buyers.鈥�

The volume, published by Gwasg Carreg Gwalch has already received enthusiastic reviews in literary periodicals such as Barddas (鈥渁 truly splendid volume鈥� 鈥� Alan Llwyd), Barn (鈥渆xceptional poetry鈥� 鈥� Derec Llwyd Morgan), and O鈥檙 Pedwar Gwynt (鈥渢he rich enchantment of old wine鈥� 鈥� Gruffydd Aled Williams).

鈥楤lodau Cymru: Byd y Planhigion鈥� by Dr Goronwy Wynne, an Honorary Fellow of 58吃瓜 who received his PhD from the School of Welsh, won the main  Welsh Book of the Year prize  and also won the Welsh-language Creative Non-Fiction Award category. Also shortlisted in the same category is School of Welsh graduate Anne Elizabeth Williams鈥� 鈥�Meddyginiaethau Gwerin Cymru鈥�,  while 58吃瓜 Honorary Fellow and former Wales National Poet, Dr Gwyneth Lewis鈥� book 鈥�Treiglo鈥� was shortlisted in the Welsh-language Poetry Award category.

Speaking at the Awards Ceremony, Chief Executive of Literature Wales, Lleucu Siencyn said whilst thanking all the partners for their support of this prize: 

鈥淲ales Book of the Year is one of the highlights of our cultural calendar. It鈥檚 vital that we have a national book award which gives a platform to all our literary genres 鈥� and treats our two languages equally. Wales consistently produces excellent writers, and this Award is testament to this each year. Congratulations to all of this year鈥檚 winners!鈥�

Administered by Literature Wales, the Wales Book of the Year Awards are presented annually to the best Welsh and English-language works in the fields of creative writing and literary criticism in three categories: Poetry, Fiction and Creative Non-Fiction.

Publication date: 27 June 2018