Tim Saunders Explained
| Tim Saunders |
| Birth Place: | St Tudy, Cornwall,[1] England |
| Citizenship: | British |
| Occupation: | Writer and poet |
| Spouse: | - Lyn Mererid
- Helen Ceridwen Price
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| Children: | Gwenno Saunders
Ani Saunders
Meirion Carwyn Saunders |
Tim Saunders is a Cornish poet and journalist primarily writing in the Cornish language who also writes in the Welsh, Irish, and Breton languages. He is resident in Cardiff but is of Cornish descent. He is a literary historian and editor of 'The Wheel' – an anthology of modern poetry in Cornish 1850–1980. High Tide is a collection of his own poems in Cornish from the years 1974 to 1999.[2] [3] He was made bard of the Gorsedh Kernow in 1998, taking the bardic name Cornish: Bardh Gwerin (Poet of the People).[4]
Tim's daughters, Gwenno and Ani Saunders, were formerly singers with the British indie pop girl group The Pipettes, with Gwenno also playing the keyboards, and are now solo artists.
Standard Written Form
Saunders has spoken out against the development of a Standard Written Form of Cornish, saying
Selected list of works
- 1977: Teithiau (Cyfres y beirdd answyddogol). Y Lolfa. (Author)
- 1985: Gohebydd Arbennig. Y Lolfa. (Author)
- 1986: Cliff Preis: Darlithydd Coleg. Y Lolfa. (Author)
- 1994: Saer Swyn a Storiau Eraill o Gernyw. Gomer Press. (Author)
- 1999: The Wheel: An Anthology of Modern Poetry in Cornish 1850–1980. Francis Boutle Publishers. (Editor)
- 2003: Gol Snag Bud Ha Gwersyow Whath. Spyrys a Gernow. (Author)
- 2003: Cornish is Fun: An Informal Course in Living Cornish. Y Lolfa. (Translator)
- 2006: Nothing Broken: Recent Poetry in Cornish. Francis Boutle Publishers. (Editor)
Notes and References
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/cornwall/connected/stories/gwennointuneincornish.shtml BBC – Cornwall – Connected – Gwenno in tune
- http://www.francisboutle.co.uk/booklist/hightide/rvhigh.htm Tim Saunders
- https://web.archive.org/web/20120402104359/http://www.molossus.co/poetry/3-cornish-poems/ » 3 Cornish Poems »
- Web site: Alphabetic list of all Bards by Bardic Name . Henwyn bardhek pub Bardh oll yn aray abecedari . gorsedhkernow.org.uk . 2020 . 22 April 2023.
