Catrin Dafydd

Catrin Dafydd (born c. 1982)[1] is a Welsh author, scriptwriter, poet and was awarded the Crown at the 2018 National Eisteddfod of Wales.

Catrin Dafydd at the 2018 National Eisteddfod

Background

Dafydd comes from Gwaelod y Garth, Cardiff. She was brought up in a Welsh-speaking family and went to a Welsh-medium school in Pontypridd.[1][2] She graduated with a degree in Welsh from the University of Aberystwyth.[3]

Work

Catrin Dafydd's first Welsh-language novel, Pili Pala, was published in 2006 and her first English-language novel, Random Deaths and Custard, was published in 2007.[3][4]

She co-wrote the television drama Ar y Tracs in 2009.[1] She later became one of the writers for the S4C soap opera, Pobol y Cwm.[5]

In August 2018 Dafydd was awarded the Crown at the National Eisteddfod of Wales, in Cardiff Bay, for her collection of poems on the theme of Olion (Traces). Her poems explored Welshness in the Grangetown area of Cardiff.[5][6] Archdruid Geraint Llifon caused controversy during the award ceremony when he suggested Dafydd couldn't have achieved her win without men. He later apologised.[7]

See also

References
  1. "Ruth Jones and Catrin Dafydd are on the right track". Wales Online. 12 December 2009. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  2. Catrin Dafydd (24 February 2015). "Catrin Dafydd on her path from random deaths to random births". The Irish Times. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  3. "Catrin Dafydd". BBC Wales Arts. 23 July 2010. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  4. "Random Deaths and Custard, by Catrin Dafydd". Wales Online. 9 August 2008. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  5. "'Exciting young poet' Catrin Dafydd wins Eisteddfod Crown". ITV News. 6 August 2018. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  6. Eryl Crump (7 August 2018). "National Eisteddfod Cardiff 2018: Crown for 'exciting young poet' and S4C scriptwriter". Daily Post. North Wales. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  7. Huw Thomas (7 August 2018). "National Eisteddfod: Archdruid apology for 'sexist' remark". BBC News. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
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