The Writers of Wales Database

ALLEN, GRAHAM

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Poet, playwright, fiction writer and associate lecturer at Trinity College in creative writing. Born in Swansea and educated at the Universities of Wales and Cambridge. Formerly Vice–Principal and Senior Tutor in English at Coleg Harlech. Poems and stories have appeared in various magazines and anthologies, including Green Horse (Christopher Davies, 1978), Poetry I, II (Arts Council of Great Britain), Anglo–Welsh Poetry 1480-1980 (Poetry Wales Press, 1984), Swagmag, Dismays and Rainbows (Gomer), The Valleys (PoetryWales Press, 1984). Theatre productions include House to House; Playback (both with Made in Wales Theatre Company), Another Knockdown on the Road to Damascus (BBC Radio).

Selected Publications:
Out of the Dark (Christopher Davies, 1974)
A Time, A Place (Swansea Poetry Workshop)

Contributed to:
Poems (editor) (J.D Lewis, 1978)
Green Horse (contributor) (Christopher Davies, 1978)
Anglo-Welsh Poetry 1480-1980 (contributor) (Poetry Wales Press, 1984)
The Valleys (contributor) (Poetry Wales Press, 1984)