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Jonathan Edwards

ジョナサン・エドワーズ

Jonasan Edowāzu

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1979-10-16 (Newport, Wales)
国籍
Welsh
言語
English
居住地歴
Newport, Wales → Crosskeys, Wales → Monmouth, Wales

経歴

職業
Poet, English teacher
活動期間
2010年〜2024年
所属
Secondary school in Monmouth

学歴

University of Warwick
English and American Literature
学位: BA
国: United Kingdom
in English and American Literature
University of Warwick
Writing
学位: MA
国: United Kingdom
in Writing

受賞歴

Terry Hetherington Award
2010
部門: Poetry
結果: Winner
Cardiff International Poetry Competition
2012
結果: Prize
Basil Bunting Poetry Competition
2012
結果: Prize
Ledbury Poetry Festival International Competition
2014
対象作品: My Family and Other Superheroes
主催: Ledbury Poetry Festival
結果: 1st Place
Costa Book Award for Poetry
2014
対象作品: My Family and Other Superheroes
部門: Poetry
主催: Costa Book Awards
結果: Winner

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

My Family and Other Superheroes

2014年 Poetry collection

Reflects Welsh pop culture and its relation to broader Western culture, history, family, and the lives of ordinary people. Celebrities and fictional characters such as Sophia Loren and Evel Knievel collide with reflections on the social architecture of working class Welsh valleys.

pop culturefamilyworking classWelsh valleyssuperheroes

Gen

2018年 Poetry collection

全著作

  • 2014: My Family and Other Superheroes, Seren
  • 2018: Gen, Seren

作風・主題

頻出モチーフ
pop culture referencescelebritiesfictional charactersfamilyworking-class Welsh valleys

評価・遺産

Welsh poet who gained prominence with his debut collection My Family and Other Superheroes, winner of the Costa Book Award for Poetry in 2014.

豆知識

  • Born in Newport and grew up in Crosskeys.
  • Currently teaches English at a secondary school in Monmouth.
  • Later judged the Terry Hetherington Award and edited its Cheval anthology from 2013 to 2017.