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Grahame Davies
Grahame Davies is a poet, novelist, editor and literary critic, who has won numerous prizes, including the Wales Book of the Year Award. He is the author of eighteen books in Welsh and English, including: The Chosen People (Seren Books, 2002), a study of the relationship of the Welsh and Jewish peoples; The Dragon and the Crescent (Seren Books, 2011), a study of Wales and Islam; a novel, Everything Must Change (Seren Books, 2007), based on the life of the French philosopher Simone Weil; the critically acclaimed poetry volume Lightning beneath the Sea (Seren Books, 2012), and two volumes of psychogeography, Real Wrexham (Seren Books, 2007) and Real Cambridge (Seren Books, 2021). He collaborates extensively with visual and musical artists and is a much sought-after lyricist for classical composers and songwriters. His work has been performed worldwide at venues such as Carnegie Hall in New York, the Royal Festival Hall and the Royal Albert Hall by performers such as Sir Bryn Terfel and Dame Kiri te Kanawa and by orchestras such as the Philharmonia and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. His long-standing writing partnership with Paul Mealor led to them being described as ‘The Lennon and McCartney of classical music’. A native of north Wales, now based in Powys and London, Grahame has a degree in English from Anglia Ruskin University, a Ph.D. from Cardiff University and has honorary D.Litt. degrees from Anglia Ruskin University and the University of Aberdeen. In 2020, he was awarded the Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) in The Queen’s Birthday Honours.