Robert Minhinnick was born in Wales in 1952, and is an advisor to the environmental and lifestyle charity, 'Sustainable Wales'.
Between 1997 and spring 2008, he was editor of 'Poetry Wales', which was launched at venues throughout the world.
Minhinnick has published eight volumes of poetry, the most recent being: Selected Poems ('99); 'After the Hurricane' ((2002); and 'King Driftwood' (forthcoming 2008) all from Carcanet.
He was winner of the UK's 'Forward Prize for 'best individual poem' in 1999, 2003, and shortlisted in 2004.
His books of essays, 'Watching the Fire Eater' (1993) and 'To Babel and Back' (2005), both from Seren, won the 'Wales Book of the Year' award.
His English / Italian collection, 'La Rossa Amica' from Moby Dick of Faenza, appeared in 2007.
Robert Minhinnick published his first novel, 'Sea Holly' (Seren) in 2007. It was shortlisted in 2008 for the Royal Society of Literature's Ondaatje Prize.
In 2003, his translations of six contemporary Welsh language poets, 'The Adulterer's Tongue' appeared from Carcanet in parallel text.
Minhinnick's play, 'A Few Little Drops', commissioned by Volcano Theatre Company, toured Wales and Scotland in 2007; and Wales and Canada in autumn 08.
Robert Minhinnick - 11, Park Avenue, Porthcawl CF36 3EP Wales.
Tel. 00 44 (0) 1656 773627.