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Disgrifiad Cymraeg / Welsh Description

Casgliad o gerddi Simon Mundy. Ysbrydolwyd y rhain gan gefn gwlad Powys, a nifer o ynysoedd ledled y byd, gan gynnwys Grenada, Jamaica, Shetland, yr Eidal.

Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description

More for Helen of Troy , Simon Mundy's new collection of poems from Seren, is suffused with the atmosphere of the landscapes that inspire him, the lush countryside of Powys, and a number of islands all over the world: Grenada, Jamaica, Shetland, Italy.

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Bywgraffiad yr Awdur / Author Biography

Simon Mundy has written three previous books of poems and three novels (two under the pen name James Eno). He has also written several biographies of classical musicians including Elgar, Purcell and Tchaikovsky. He has directed festivals in Scotland and Holland and broadcast for over thirty years on BBC Radio 3 and 4. He collaborates as a poet with musicians, visual artists and dancers, and has read his work all over the world from the Hay Festival to Novosibirsk and Bergen to Brisbane. He was the founder of the European Forum for the Arts and Heritage (now Culture Action Europe) and advises UNESCO and the Council of Europe. He has been a Trustee and director of many arts organisations in Britain and Europe and has lived in the border hills of Wales since 1982.

Adolygiad y Cyhoeddwr / Publisher Review

More for Helen of Troy, Simon Mundy’s new collection of poems from Seren, is suffused with the atmosphere of the landscapes that inspire him, the lush countryside of Powys, and a number of islands all over the world:Genada, Jamaica, Shetland, Italy. It is also deeply involved with many questions of desire: for the ideal of a beautiful woman, as ‘Mermaid’; for the hope of a good state, as in ‘The New Senedd, Cardiff’ for the vision of a pristine country and seaside, as in ‘Radnor Songs’ and ‘Aspects of Sea’. The tension between all these ideals, between lofty aims and inevitable disappointments, come together in the main title sequence, where an entire society must scheme and suffer for the allure of Helen. Helen is also emblematic: both a legendary figure and a imago for women from all times: pursued, desired, lonely, restless, she haunts the imagination of the poet. Sometimes keenly satirical, as in ‘Society Haiku’, and often poignantly lyrical as in ‘Translated Daughter’, these poems are both pointed and enjoyable.