Rhys Trimble Explained

Rhys Trimble
Birth Date:1977 9, df=y
Birth Place:Livingstone, Zambia
Occupation:Poet
Language:Welsh, English
Nationality:Welsh
Education:
Genre:poetry
Awards:cinnamon press award
Years Active:2008-present

Rhys Trimble (born in 1977) is a bilingual poet, teacher, visual poet, visual artist, musician and improvisational performance artist[1] based in Wales. Trimble was born in Livingstone, Zambia in 1977, and was raised in Pontypool and latterly the head of the Neath Valley - Pontneddfechan. Trimble completed his first degree in biochemistry in the University of Sussex in 1999. Trimble is considered an important part of Welsh avant garde.[2] He completed a BA in literature and creative writing from Bangor University in 2010, and published his first book of poetry, Keinc, the same year.[3] He lives in Bethesda, graduated with a BA in Literature and Creative Writing and has recently published his second novel Drone (Crater Press). Previous books include Keinc, Skine, The Red Book of Hergest Ward and kør (2023). He received a PhD from the University of Northumbria at Newcastle. His doctoral thesis was titled "Tywysogion".[4] [5] He has authored more than 20 books of poetry in Wales, England, India and the US since 2010, including Swansea Automatic, Anatomy Mnemonics for Caged Waves (US) and Hexerisk.[6] [7] He is the vocalist with the Punk/Improv/Noise group Lolfa Binc.[8] And Anxiolytics. Trimble has contributed works to public art in Denbigh, Conwy Valley and Blackpool, Trimble was Nominated for the TS Eliot prize 2016.

He edits the experimental poetry e-zine ctrl+alt-del.[9] since 2008. His work has been translated into Slovak[10] Latvian [11] Anthologized in English [12] and Spanish[13] [14] Galicean, Croatian, Romanian and Turkish. As an academic he has published articles in poetry Wales and had critical essays written on his work by Keely Laufer [15] and Dr Daniel Williams.[16] Trimble has performed in a number of countries around the world, and has taken part in the Gelynion Wales tour [17] and the India-Wales international writing project.[18] He is the founder of Awen 33 Arts, Bangor North Wales, Previous visiting poet at Bangor university and is currently a Bard in the Public Mapping Platform Project.

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  1. Book: Smith, Hazel . 2016 . The Contemporary Literature-Music Relationship . Routledge . 98– . 978-1-317-52902-6.
  2. Goodby. John. Prof. Angel Exhaust. 2010. 21.
  3. News: Pass Masters: Students' delight as they pick up degrees . Daily Post.
  4. Web site: Postgraduate Research Creative Writing . University of Northumbria at Newcastle.
  5. Fowler . SJ . 27 May 2015 . Maintenant #99 - Rhys Trimble . .
  6. Web site: Swansea Automatic . 12 May 2015 . Glasfryn Project.
  7. Web site: Rhys Trimble – Hexerisk . Nelson . Camilla . Review . Shearsman Books.
  8. Web site: Coxon. Steve. GIG REVIEW – Lolfa Binc, Teeth Crack, Spam Javelin @ The North, Rhyl. Link2Wales.
  9. Web site: the insider:peter finch. Finch . Peter . Feb 12, 2011 . Wales Online.
  10. Web site: kloaka 1/2017. 25 May 2017.
  11. Davies. Nia. Latvian Poetry. Poetry Wales. 53. 2.
  12. Book: Parker. R.T.A. Leg Avant. Crater. 9781326469221. 2016-03-10.
  13. Web site: Círculo de Poesía - Poesía de Gales: Rhys Trimble. circulodepoesia.com. 2017-09-11.
  14. Book: Hedeen, Katherine, M., Núñez, Victor Rodrígues. Nuestra Tierra de Nadie. 2015. Temblor de cielo. 978-607-8167-47-0.
  15. Laufer. Keely Celia. The language of teeth: the tooth as a physical embodiment of identity in literature. New Writing the International Journal for the Practice and Theory of Creative Writing. 18 January 2016. 13, 2016. 1. 50–58. 10.1080/14790726.2015.1133653. 147303426 .
  16. Book: Jarvis. Matthew. Devolutionary Voices. 30 October 2017. Peter Lang. Bern. 9783034319751.
  17. Web site: Gelynion: Wales. The Enemies Project.
  18. Web site: Rhys Trimble . Literature Across Frontiers.

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