Menna Elfyn discusses Eluned Phillips

Menna Elfyn discusses Eluned Phillips

Date/Time
29/10/2016
11:00 am

Location
Dylan Thomas Centre


‘Perhaps after I’ve gone, someone will write the truth about me’, wrote Eluned Phillips to a friend.

Menna Elfyn on Eluned Phillips 29 OctoberBorn on the same day as Dylan Thomas, Eluned Phillips (1914 – 2009) was the only Welsh woman poet to win the Crown twice at the National Eisteddfod.

Like Dylan, she made a name for herself in America. She was also a scriptwriter, librettist, raconteur and friend to Augustus John, Picasso and Edith Piaf, amongst others.

Join us as Menna Elfyn discusses her new biography, Optimist Absoliwt: Cofiant Eluned Phillips, in this predominantly English language event.

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