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Tony Curtis in Glanfa Tonight

Join Tony Curtis in Glanfa as he reads from and discusses his latest collection of poetry Crossing Over. The event will be introduced by Academi Chief Executive Peter Finch and will include a reading from Ifor Thomas.

Tony Curtis’s wide-ranging interests in visual art, the impact of war and the nature of friendship coalesce in his latest collection, Crossing Over. A number of poems take their inspiration from great artists, from early religious icons to expressionist canvasses, from a ‘buttery girl’ in a Flemish Landscape to the chainsaw sculptures of David Nash. There are also a series of sumptuous poems about traveling. A sonnet about his granddaughter opens the varied and striking collection, which shows the work of a poet writing with power, honesty and sensitivity.

Tony has also recently edited After the First Death an anthology of war writing which includes work from Welsh writers Gwyneth Lewis, Dannie Abse, Chris Meredith, Meic Stephens, Sarah Waters, Owen Sheers, Sheenagh Pugh, Robert Minhinnick and Peter Finch.

Tony Curtis
A poet, critic and short–story writer Tony Curtis was born Carmarthen in 1946. He was a schoolteacher and lecturer, and is now a Professor of Poetry at the University of Glamorgan and Director of the M.A. in Writing. He has a Master’s degree in Creative Writing from Goddard College, Vermont. Tony broadcasts regularly and has appeared widely on both sides of the Atlantic. Formerly Chairman of the Welsh Academy of Writers, he won the Eric Gregory Award in 1972 and the Welsh Arts Council Young Poets Prize in 1974. Tony was also winner of the UK National Poetry Competition in 1984, the Greenwich Festival Poetry Prize in 1990 and the Dylan Thomas Prize in 1993. He has previously published nine collections of poetry.

For further details on the event contact Academi on 029 2047 2266 or email post@academi.org 

This is a free event as part of Academi’s series of Literature events in Glanfa, Wales Millennium Centre.

For more information on Tony Curtis and his latest collections visit the Seren website.