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Nigel Jenkins

Born

in Gower, Wales, The United Kingdom

July 20, 1949

Died

January 28, 2014

Genre

Poetry, Nonfiction

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Nigel Jenkins (1949-2014) was an Anglo-Welsh poet from South Wales. He was also known as a playwright, writer of prose (especially of psychogeography), and an editor. He passed away in 2014 of cancer.

He was brought up in the Gower. During his life, Jenkins was a journalist in the English Midlands before then travelling extensively. He studied film and literature at Essex University and was a winner of the Arts Council’s Young Poets Prize in 1974.

He returned to Wales and was a lecturer at Swansea University and director of the creative writing programme there.

In 2002, Jenkins published the first ever haiku collection from a Welsh publisher.

In 2008, he co-edited (with historian John Davies), The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales (publis ...more

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	Another Country: Haiku Poetry from Wales by Nigel Jenkins (Editor), Ken Jones (Editor), Lynne Rees (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.27 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gwalia in Khasia: A visit to the site, in India, of the biggest overseas venture ever sustained by the Welsh 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1995 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Real Swansea (The Real Wales series) by Nigel Jenkins, Peter Finch (Editor) 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2008	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wild Cherry: Selected Poems by Nigel Jenkins, Patrick McGuinness (Editor) 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hotel Gwales 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2006 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Through the green door: Travels among the Khasis 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Circus 2.60 avg rating — 5 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gower by Nigel Jenkins, David Pearl 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Real Swansea Two 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blue by Nigel Jenkins, David Pearl (Illustrator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2002 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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