Mike Jenkins (poet)
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Welsh poet Mike Jenkins performing at Rhydyfelin Library, 3rd October 2014
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| Born | 1953 Aberystwyth |
| Occupation | Poet and writer |
| Notable awards |
Wales Book of the Year. |
| Children |
Bethan Jenkins, Ciaran Jenkins |
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Wales Book of the Year.
John Tripp Award for Spoken Poetry
Eric Gregory Award from the Society of Authors
Mike Jenkins (born 1953) is a poet, story writer and novelist. He is also the father of Plaid Cymru politician Bethan Jenkins and journalist Ciaran Jenkins.
Born in Aberystwyth, Jenkins was educated at the University College of Wales.
A former winner of the Wales Book of the Year competition for Wanting to Belong (Seren), Jenkins is a former editor of Poetry Wales and a long-term co-editor of Red Poets. He taught English at Radyr Comprehensive School in Cardiff for nearly a decade and Penydre High School, Gurnos, Merthyr Tydfil, for approximately two decades prior to that. At the end of the 2008–9 academic year Jenkins took voluntary redundancy. He now writes full-time capitalising on experiences gleaned from former pupils.
An extract from one of Mike Jenkins's poems has been used as part of the public realm regeneration of Merthyr Tydfil town centre.
In 2011–12 he produced an Arts Council of Wales-funded touring exhibition and booklet titled Dim Gobaith Caneri, in collaboration with fellow Merthyr Tydfil resident, the painter Gustavius Payne, using Welsh language idioms, through the medium of English, to comment on current world affairs, including the banking crisis and a local open-cast mine. He continues to live in Merthyr Tydfil, and has done so for over 30 years. ner
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