Nesta Wyn Jones

Nesta Wyn Jones (22 June 1946 – 5 April 2025) was a poet and writer from Wales. She won the Arts Council award in 1987 for her poetry collection Rhwng Chwerthin a Chrio.

Early life and education Nesta Wyn Jones was raised in Abergeirw, Gwynedd. She attended Rhydygorlan Primary School, Abergeirw, and then Dr Williams' School, Dolgellau, before going on to complete a degree in Welsh at Bangor University. and then with the Welsh Books Council in Aberystwyth. She went on to win a travel scholarship from the Arts Council in both 1976 and 1991, as well as an Arts Council award in 1987 for Rhwng Chwerthin a Chrio. She has been a member of the Welsh Academy since 1970. In a tribute to her, Gwerfyl Pierce Jones, former Chief Executive of the Welsh Books Council, said she was "an exceptional poet, writer and critic."