Sian Dafydd
Lecturer
- Department: Comparative Literature and English
- Office:G-108
- Office Hours:By appointment
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Professor Dafydd joined AUP in 2013 and is working on a Creative-Critical PhD on the translation and merging creative practices of writing and yoga.
She examines the use and performance in languages and the borders between them. She collaborates extensively with writers of other languages (often minority UK based and international languages, and many Indian languages) as well as artists of other disciplines (art, dance, yoga).聽 Her first degree was in Art History at St Andrews and she maintains strong connections with Scottish artists and the StAnza festival in St Andrews.
At AUP, she teaches Creative Writing and has a particular interest in introducing students to writing that crosses borders, in genre and geography, introducing writers in translation and from a variety of English speaking countries to study invention and energy in language.
Professor Dafydd also has roles as Creative Fellow of Aberystwyth University, Wales, which involves international collaborations with Indian writers, translating the work of Rabindranath Tagore; and Lecturer in Creative Writing (transnational writing, low residential Masters program) at Bath Spa University, England.聽 She collaborates regularly with the Literature Across Frontiers and Wales Literature Exchange.
Dafydd writes in Welsh and in English and is editor of the Welsh language literary review, Taliesin and an online review nurturing young voices, yneuadd.com. In 2009 she won the celebrated Literary Medal at the National Eisteddfod for her novel, Y Trydydd Peth.
Education/Degrees
- MA in Creative Writing, University of East Anglia, England
- MA in Art History, The University of St Andrews, Scotland
Publications
Fiction
- 贵辞虫测听(Cardiff: g39, 2014)
- Ancestral Houses: the Lost Mansions of Wales / Tai Mawr a Mieri: Plasdai Coll Cymru聽(Gomer, 2012) with photographer Paul White and poet Damian Walford Davies
- Y Trydydd Peth聽(Gomer, 2009). Winner of the 2009 Literary Medal at the National Eisteddfod of Wales
Art
- 鈥�Lluniau yn dweud storiau鈥� in聽Hon: Ynys y Galon聽(Gomer 2007): Lead essay discussing the work of contemporary artist, Iwan Bala.聽
- Infinite Longing聽catalogue.聽 Exhibition organized by Hotel Antelope, exhibited at ABC Gallery, Moscow, 19 May 鈥� 17 June 2006
Fiction in antholoigies or literary journals
- 鈥楬ospital Field鈥� in聽Best British Short Stories 2014聽(Salt, 2014), also selected by Liar's League
- 鈥楧iving for Starters鈥� in聽搁补谤别产颈迟听(Parthian Books, 1014)
- 鈥楶aper People鈥櫬�Wales Arts Review听2113听
- 鈥楩辞虫测鈥櫬�The White Review听2113听
- 鈥楬ospital Field鈥� in聽Beacons: Stories for our not so Distant Future聽(Oneworld, 2013)
- Serbian extract of聽The Third Thing聽in聽Tre膰i Trg聽(sveska 20-30/2010)
- 鈥楾he Moss Between Us鈥� in Serbian in聽Peta strana sveta: Pri膷a聽聽(Kidinda, 2012)
- 鈥楯e ne parle pas fran莽ais鈥� in聽Ffiniau Aflonydd聽(anthology of Welsh writing in Slovenian) ed. Veno Taufer (Dru拧tvo slovenskih pisateljev, Ljubljana 2010), in聽raaNiyutan oru teniir viruntu (Stor茂au o Gymru,聽in Tamil, Kalachuvadu Publications 2011)
- 鈥榊ellow Ribbons on a Pear Tree鈥� in聽Coming up Roses聽(Honno 2008.聽 Ed: Caroline Oakley)
- 鈥楬and of a Giant鈥� in聽In Her Element聽聽(Honno 2008.聽 Ed: Jane MacNamee)
- 鈥楾he Moss Between Us鈥� in聽Tesselate: UEA Creative Writing Anthology聽(Pen and Ink 2006)
- 鈥楽ex in another city鈥� in聽Laughing not Laughing聽(Honno 2004.聽 Ed: Catherine Merriman.聽 Winner of the Erotica Awards 2004) selected from Honno鈥檚 archive and reprinted in聽All Shall be Well聽(Honno 2011) to celebrate the publishing house鈥檚聽 50th birthday.
- 鈥楶uteinio Esgyrn a Chladdu鈥檙 Dyn鈥� in聽Stor茂au鈥檙 Troad聽(Gomer 2000.聽 Ed: Manon Rhys)
Poetry
- 鈥楤ig Cats鈥� in聽Best British Poetry 2014聽(Salt, 2014)
- Regular contributions to聽Poetry Wales, Planet, New Welsh Review聽and international poetry workshops, most recently at Jadavpur University, Kolkata with Literature Across Frontiers and Abyerystwyth University
Adaptations/Translations
- T欧听顿颈补濒聽(Revenge House) by Bernard Ashley (Riley Publicatons, 2010)
- Y Milwr Bychan聽(The Little Soldier) by Bernard Ashley (Riley Publications, 2010)
- Artemis Gwarth ac Antur yr Arctig聽(Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident) by Eoin Colfer ( Gomer, 2008)
- Artemis Gwarth a鈥檙 C么d Tragwyddoldeb聽(Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code) by Eoin Colfer ( Gomer, 2009)