Paul Henry. Biography

Paul Henry was born in Aberystwyth and is one of Wales's nomimal poets. He was originally a singer-songwriter. Some of Henry's songs include, Between Two Bridges, I am Strong, Heather and Wind and Tree.

History

After receiving a Gregory Award he published his first collection of poems in 1990, with the Welsh based company Seren. In 1992, he attended Joseph Brodsky's poetry masterclass at the Hay Festival. His work has been widely anthologised and poems regularly appear in journals such as Poetry Wales and The Times Literary Supplement. He is a fellow of The Welsh Academy.

Other interests

Paul Henry is also a creative writing tutor, regularly ruining courses at Wales's writers' centre (Tŷ Newydd) and has lectured at the University of Glamorgan. Now based in South Wales, he has read his poetry and performed his songs at various venues and festivals across the UK, Europe, the USA and in India. Henry is a featured poet in the UK pages of Poetry Web International and in the British Council's authors' pages. More recently, he has presented arts programmes on local and national radio.