Peter Thabit Jones

Peter Thabit Jones was born in Wales and raised by his maternal grandparents. He is the author of thirteen books, several of which have been reprinted and three published in Romania. His work has been translated into over twenty languages. In March 2008 Peter’s American publisher, Stanley H. Barkan, organised a six week poetry reading tour for Peter and Dylan Thomas’s daughter, Aeronwy. The pair gave readings and workshops from New York to California, at many universities and prestigious art venues. Peter is also the co-author, with Aeronwy, of the Dylan Thomas Walking Tour of Greenwich Village. He was invited to Serbia in 2006 by the Serbian Writers’ Association to participate in the 43rd International Meeting of Writers in Belgrade. He was visiting poet in Romania in 2008 and 2009, where he carried out readings and poetry workshops at colleges and universities. He is the recipient of the Eric Gregory Award for Poetry (The Society of Authors, London), The Society of Authors Award, The Royal Literary Fund Award (London) and an Arts Council of Wales Award. He has been a prize-winner in several UK and international poetry competitions. He resided at Big Sur, California, in 2010 as writer-in-residence, returning again for a second and third residency in 2011 and 2012. Whilst in California in 2012, Peter wrote the drama, The Fire in the Wood, about Big Sur sculptor Edmund Kara (famous for his sculpture of Elizabeth Taylor in the film The Sandpiper). Peter is the Founder and Edito

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