Rhys Trimble | |
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Born | Livingstone, Zambia | 9 September 1977
Occupation | Poet |
Language | Welsh, English |
Nationality | Welsh |
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Genre | poetry |
Years active | 2008-present |
Notable awards | cinnamon press award |
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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] |date= 14 July 2010 |quote=Rhys Trimble, 32, who 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 15 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] 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 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, and is currently visiting poet at Bangor University.