Nigel Jenkins

Nigel Jenkins
Jenkins in the Khasi Hills
Jenkins in the Khasi Hills
Born(1949-07-20)20 July 1949
Gower, Wales
Died28 January 2014(2014-01-28) (aged 64)
Swansea, Wales
Resting placeSt Mary's Church, Pennard, Gower, Wales
OccupationPoet, playwright, lecturer
LanguageEnglish, Welsh
NationalityWelsh
Period1972–2014
Notable works
  • Gwalia in Khasia (1995)
  • Blue: 101 Haiku, Senryu and Tanka (2002)
  • The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales (co-ed., 2008)
Notable awards
Website
www.nigeljenkins.wales

Nigel Jenkins (20 July 1949 – 28 January 2014) was an Anglo-Welsh poet. He was an editor, journalist, psychogeographer, broadcaster and writer of creative non-fiction, as well as being a lecturer at Swansea University and director of the creative writing programme there.[1]

  1. ^ "Swansea poet and author Nigel Jenkins dies aged 64". Bbc.co.uk. 1 January 1970. Retrieved 29 January 2014.