Hôtel Amour

Disgrifiad Cymraeg / Welsh Description

Mae cerdd newydd ryfeddol, maint llyfr, Deryn Rees-Jones yn dechrau gyda menyw yn cofrestru i aros mewn gwesty yng nghanol Paris. Dyma ddyddiadur o'r ddinas heddiw law yn llaw ag ailystyriaeth o'r gorffennol, gan gynnwys atgofion o'r pandemig ac o garwriaeth. Mae cwestiynu ffyrnig ac arswydus Hôtel Amour o pam mae barddoniaeth delynegol yn bwysig yn dangos gwaith bardd ar ei hanterth.

Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description

Deryn Rees-Jones' remarkable new book-length poem begins with a woman checking into a hotel in the heart of Paris. Here is a diary of the present-day city that doubles as a reckoning with the past, including memories of the pandemic and a love affair. Hôtel Amour's fierce and formidable interrogation of why lyric poetry matters is the work of a poet at the height of her powers.

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Bywgraffiad yr Awdur / Author Biography

Deryn Rees-Jones was born in Liverpool, and educated in North Wales and London. She is the author of 7 collections of poetry including ‘The Memory Tray’ (1995) which was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best First Collection. She has twice been shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize with her collections ‘Burying the Wren’ (2012) and ‘Erato’ (2019) which were also Poetry Book Society Recommendations. She edited the influential anthology ‘Modern Women Poets’ and a companion critical book, ‘Consorting with Angels’, for Bloodaxe. In 2004 she was chosen as one of the Next Generation Poets. She has received a Cholmondeley Award from the Society of Authors and was picked as one of the top ten women poets of the decade in Mslexia magazine. She is Professor of Poetry at the University of Liverpool where she co-directs the Centre for New and International Writing, and edits the Pavilion Poetry Series for Liverpool University Press.