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Tony Curtis

 

Tony Curtis was born in Carmarthen in west Wales in 1946. He studied at Swansea University and Goddard College, Vermont, and is the author of several collections of poetry, including War Voices (1995); The Arches (1998); Heaven's Gate (2001) and Crossing Over (2007).

 

He has also written books of criticism, including How Poets Work (1996) and Welsh Painters Talking (1997), The Art of Seamus Heaney (1982) and Dannie Abse (1985). He is the editor of several books, including The Poetry of Pembrokeshire (1989); The Poetry of Snowdonia (1989); and Coal: an anthology of mining (1997).

 

In 2007, he edited the anthology, After the First Death, and published his latest collection of poetry, Crossing Over.

 

Tony Curtis is Emeritus Professor of Poetry at the University of Glamorgan where he established Creative Writing in the 1980s and directed the M.Phil In Writing for many years. In 2001 he was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and was awarded a D. Litt in 2004.  He has toured extensively giving poetry readings and lectures and won the 1993 Dylan Thomas Award and a Cholmondeley Award in 1997. He lives in Barry, Wales.

Photograph by Jemimah Kuhfeld.

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Upcoming Events

2013


Jan 18th - Talk on Jonah Jones at the National Museum of Wales Gallery 13 at 1pm FREE


Feb 6th - Common Sense at the Senedd Building, Cardiff 6pm - a performance with projected paintings and live musicians. Contact Tony for an invitation.

March 1st - publication of The Alchemy of Water/Alcemi Dwr by Gomer Press. 40 poems each in by Tony (English) and Grahame Davies (Welsh) with photographs by Mari Owen and Carl Ryan.

March 6th - Common Sense at Bargoed: contact Tony for details, or see Commonsense website - wwwcommonsensewales.co.uk


Week of the 27th March - Performance of  Tony's play Augustus, Gwen and Nina at the Barry Festival - details from Tony and in press.

 

RAY HOWARD JONES 1903-1996: A RETROSPECTIVE,

A University of South Wales & Tenby Museum Touring Exhibition, curated by Professor Tony Curtis.

Tenby Museum and Art Gallery Sep 6th. – Oct.18th 2013 official opening of the Ray Howard-Jones exhibition on Sept 6th. at 6pm.

School of Art, Aberystwyth University:- Monday 17 February 2014 – Friday 28 March 2014 (Gallery 1 & 2); Hang begins Tuesday 11 February; private view 7:30 on Friday 14 February

The University of South Wales, Treforest Oriel Y Bont Gallery, April - May 2014 dates TBC.

Arts Central Gallery, Town Hall, Barry, Vale of Glamorgan…Summer 2014 TBC.

 

Sept 6th - official opening of the Ray Howard-Jones exhibition curated by Tony at Tenby Museum - runs until  October 18th.


Sept 13th -  talk on Ray Howard-Jones 6pm at Tenby Museum.

 
 

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