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Catrin Dafydd

b. 1982

Welsh author and poet

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About Catrin Dafydd

Born 1982. Catrin Dafydd is a British writer.

Catrin Dafydd (born 1982) is a Welsh author, scriptwriter and poet, who was awarded the Crown at the 2018 National Eisteddfod of Wales.

Background Dafydd is of a Welsh language family from Gwaelod y Garth, near Cardiff and attended her local Welsh-medium school Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Rhydfelen (now Ysgol Garth Olwg) in the Pontypridd area. She graduated with a degree in Welsh from the University of Aberystwyth.

Work Dafydd's first Welsh-language novel, Pili Pala, was published in 2006 and her first English-language novel, Random Deaths and Custard, in 2007.

She co-wrote the television drama Ar y Tracs in 2009.

In August 2018, Dafydd won the Crown at the National Eisteddfod of Wales, in Cardiff Bay, for a poetry collection on the theme of Olion (Traces), exploring Welshness in the Grangetown area of Cardiff. Archdruid Geraint Llifon caused argument at the award ceremony by claiming that Dafydd could not have achieved her win without men. He later apologised.

Politics Dafydd is a supporter of Welsh independence and stated on the Yes is more website that "We are the people best able to make decisions about ourselves. Independence would give us agency, would give our communities sovereignty – would give us the freedom to choose how we want to live our short lives!"

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1982, Cardiff
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Frequently asked questions

Who is Catrin Dafydd?

Welsh author and poet

When was Catrin Dafydd born?

Catrin Dafydd was born in 1982 in Cardiff.

What is Catrin Dafydd's occupation?

Catrin Dafydd is a writer.

What nationality is Catrin Dafydd?

Catrin Dafydd is British.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Catrin Dafydd

· Wikidata: Q13126947

· DBpedia: Catrin Dafydd

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