Forward Prizes for Poetry
2 appearances
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Edition 8 (1999) Winner
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Edition 12 (2003) Excellence Award
Robert Minhinnick
ロバート・ミンヒニック
Robāto Minhinnikku
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1952-08-12 （Neath）
- Nationality
- Welsh
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Unknown
- Residence History
- Neath, Wales → Porthcawl, Wales
Career
- Occupations
- Poet, essayist, novelist, translator
- Active Years
- 1978-2024
- Affiliations
- Friends of the Earth (Cymru), Sustainable Wales, Poetry Wales (editor 1997-2008)
- Nominations
- Forward Prize 2004 shortlist for ‘The Castaway’
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Wales, Aberystwyth | — | — | — | — | Wales |
| Cardiff University | — | — | — | — | Wales |
University of Wales, Aberystwyth
Country:
Wales
Cardiff University
Country:
Wales
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Eric Gregory Award | — | — | Society of Authors | 受賞 |
| 1993 | Wales Book of the Year | Watching the fire-eater | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1998 | Cholmondeley Award | — | — | Society of Authors | 受賞 |
| 1999 | Forward Prize | Twenty-five Laments for Iraq | 最優秀単独詩 | — | 受賞 |
| 2003 | Forward Prize | The Fox in the National Museum of Wales | 最優秀単独詩 | — | 受賞 |
| 2006 | Wales Book of the Year | To Babel and Back | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2018 | Wales Book of the Year | Diary of the Last Man | — | — | 受賞 |
Eric Gregory Award
1980
Organization:
Society of Authors
Result:
受賞
Wales Book of the Year
1993
Work:
Watching the fire-eater
Result:
受賞
Cholmondeley Award
1998
Organization:
Society of Authors
Result:
受賞
Forward Prize
1999
Work:
Twenty-five Laments for Iraq
Category:
最優秀単独詩
Result:
受賞
Forward Prize
2003
Work:
The Fox in the National Museum of Wales
Category:
最優秀単独詩
Result:
受賞
Wales Book of the Year
2006
Work:
To Babel and Back
Result:
受賞
Wales Book of the Year
2018
Work:
Diary of the Last Man
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Watching the fire-eater
1992 EssaysEssay collection. Winner of Wales Book of the Year.
environmentWales
To Babel and Back
2005 EssaysEssay collection. Winner of Wales Book of the Year.
international themes
Diary of the Last Man
2017 PoetryPoetry collection. Winner of Wales Book of the Year.
politics
Bibliography
- The Yellow Palm
- A Thread in the Maze
- Native Ground
- Life Sentences
- The Dinosaur Park
- The Looters
- Hey Fatman
- Selected Poems
- After the Hurricane
- King Driftwood
- Sea Holly
- Limestone Man
- The Keys of Babylon
- The Green Agenda: Essays on The Environment of Wales
- Badlands
- The Adulterer's Tongue
Translations by Author
- The Adulterer's Tongue: Six Welsh Poets (ed., transl.)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Deals with Welsh and international themesPoetic and essayistic
- Recurring Motifs
- environmentpoliticsIraq war
Legacy
Welsh poet, essayist, novelist and translator who has won two Forward Prizes for Best Individual Poem and the Wales Book of the Year award a record three times. Environmental campaigner.
Trivia
- The only person to win Wales Book of the Year in each of its three decades of existence.