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""Aled Jones Williams is a completely distinctive poetic voice in contemporary Wales, but English-speakers are only slowly being introduced to his work. The acute and forceful renderings by Wynn Thomas provide a first-rate guide to a poet and prose writer of rare stature, depth, wit, and poignancy."" Rowan Williams, Former Archbishop of Canterbury -- Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru

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‘These enigmatic little poems are experiments in faith suitable for the twenty-first century; meditations on the mysterious survival of the word ‘god’ in the vocabulary of avowedly secular modern societies. Before resigning from the Welsh Anglican clergy, Aled Jones Williams was R.S. Thomas’s parish priest during his last years, and his remarkable poetry confirms him to be a worthy heir of his great predecessor. The Very Reverend Rowan Williams, former Archbishop of Canterbury, is one of his most prominent admirers. Neither these poems nor the translations have appeared in print before. So this is a landmark volume.’ M. Wynn Thomas, Emeritus Professor of English, Swansea University -- Cyhoeddwr: H'mm Foundation

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Aled Jones Williams In 2002 at the National Eisteddfod held at St Davids, Aled Jones Williams won the crown for a long poem (pryddest) entitled Awelon (Breezes). Prior to that he was best known as a dramatist working in Welsh-language theatre. Amongst the plays are: Sundance, Tiwlips, Merched Eira, Iesu! (Jesus!) Some of his prose works – mostly short fiction and part memoir – have been nominated for the Welsh Book of the Year six times. By now he concentrates on poetry and the Very Short Story, his most recent work being a series of inter-connecting stories in that vein, Colin yn y Bys Sdop, as well as a confessional work, Reit Rownd. Brought up in a Vicarage, he himself spent some years in parish ministry. He was also for a time a member of the L’Arche Community in Liverpool. M. Wynn Thomas Emeritus Professor of English at Swansea University. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and a Founding Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales, and has twice been Visiting Professor at Harvard. He is former Chair of the Books Council of Wales, former member of the Arts Council of Wales, and former Vice President of the Learned Society of Wales. The author of two studies of Whitman, he has published two dozen studies of the two literatures of Wales. His All That is Wales was a Welsh Book of the Year in 2018 and The History of Wales in Twelve Poems (2023) proved a popular success. He has contributed extensively to both radio and television. His latest publication is The Art of Losing (2025). -- Cyhoeddwr: H'mm Foundation

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