Deryn Rees-Jones

Deryn Rees-Jones (born 1968)[1] is an Anglo-Welsh poet, who lives and works in Liverpool.[2] Although Rees-Jones has spent much of her life in Liverpool, she spent much of her childhood in the family home of Eglwys-bach in North Wales. She considers herself a Welsh writer.[1]

Rees-Jones did doctoral research on women poets at Birkbeck College, and is now a professor of Poetry at Liverpool University.[3] She won an Eric Gregory Award in 1993, and an Arts Council of England Writer's Award in 1996.

  1. ^ a b "Deryn Rees-Jones - Poetry Archive". Archived from the original on 16 December 2009.
  2. ^ Barry, Peter (2000). Contemporary British poetry and the city. Manchester University Press. p. 155. ISBN 978-0-7190-5594-2.
  3. ^ "Deryn Rees Jones - Centre for Poetry and Science - University of Liverpool". Archived from the original on 18 August 2009. Retrieved 10 June 2011.