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Gillian Clarke
Welsh writer and broadcaster
Not to be confused with Gillian Clark (disambiguation).
Gillian Clarke | |
|---|---|
| In office 2008 – March 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Gwyn Thomas |
| Succeeded by | Ifor ap Glyn |
| Born | (1937-06-08) 8 June 1937 (age 87) |
| Nationality | Welsh |
| Occupation | Writer |
Gillian Clarke (born 8 June 1937) is a Welsh poet and playwright, who also edits, broadcasts, lectures and translates from Welsh into English.
She co-founded Tŷ Newydd, a writers' centre in North Wales.[1]
Life
Gillian Clarke was born on 8 June 1937 in Cardiff.[2][3]
Career
After university, Clarke spent a year working for the BBC in London.
She then returned to Cardiff, where she gave birth to her daughter, Catrin, and two sons. About Catrin she wrote a poem under her name. Clarke worked as an English teacher, first at the Reardon-Smith Nautical College and later at Newport College of Art.
In the mid-1980s she moved
