Kathryn Gray

Kathryn Gray is a Welsh poet.

Biography Kathryn Gray was born in Wales in 1973 and grew up in Swansea. She studied German and Medieval Studies at the University of Bristol and the University of York.

Gray published the poetry pamphlet, Flowers in 2017. Her work has appeared in several literary journals, including the Times Literary Supplement, the Independent, the Poetry Review and Poetry Wales. A second full collection, Hollywood or Home, was published by Seren Books in October 2023 and was a Sunday Times Poetry Book of the Year.

Gray has taught poetry at the Poetry School, London and the Arvon Foundation. She is a former director of Literature Wales and former Co-Chair of The Poetry Society. She was editor of New Welsh Review for three years. From 2012 to 2015, she was a researcher for the Devolved Voices literary research project, which was funded by the Leverhulme Trust and investigated Welsh poetry in English since 1997. (2004) Shortlisted for the Forward Prize for best first collection, (2004) (2004) Shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize