Editing Welsh literature in English (section)

==21st century==
=== Fiction ===
Amongst more recent Welsh writers in English, [[Niall Griffiths]] is notable for his novels ''[[Grits (novel)|Grits]]'' (2000) and ''Sheepshagger'' (2001), which portray a grittier side to Welsh literature; and [[Malcolm Pryce]] who has written a number of humorous send ups of ''[[hardboiled|noir]]'', such as ''Aberystwyth Mon Amour'' (2001). Both of these writers were born in England, but have Welsh roots and are now Wales based, and write much on Welsh subject matter. [[Nikita Lalwani]] is originally from Rajasthan in India, but was raised in Wales, and her novel ''[[Gifted (novel)|Gifted]]'' (2007) was nominated for the [[Man Booker Prize]]. [[Trezza Azzopardi]]'s debut novel ''[[The Hiding Place (Azzopardi novel)|The Hiding Place]]'' (2000) was also nominated for the Booker Prize, and the [[Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize]], winning the latter. It is the story of the Maltese community in Cardiff. [[Jan Morris]] is better known as a non-fiction writer, but she has written some fiction too: her novel ''Hav'' won the 2007 [[Arthur C. Clarke Award]]. [[Brian John]] came to creative writing late, after a career in university teaching and academic research.  His eight-novel [[Angel Mountain Saga]], set in north Pembrokeshire in the Regency and early Victorian period, is effectively a portrayal of "Mother Wales" in the persona of the heroine Martha Morgan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.societyofauthors.org/writer-Profile?itemID=4784|title=Members – The Society of Authors|website=societyofauthors.org}}</ref> He has also written four volumes of Pembrokeshire folk tales, and two other novels.  One of these, written for children, won the Wishing Shelf Award in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thewsa.co.uk/|title=The Wishing Shelf Book Awards|last=webreger.com|website=thewsa.co.uk}}</ref> John Evans is one of Wales' most uncompromising writers,<ref>[http://welshwriters.co.uk/john-evans/ Welsh writer]</ref> a former punk rocker, poet, filmmaker<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/wales/entries/eabf3ed3-987c-3663-bdfc-aabbdf30b4d9 The Acid Real]</ref> and novelist; he has also campaigned against the Badger cull alongside [[Brian May]] and other celebrities.

===Poetry===
Current Welsh poets have been surveyed in the [[University of Aberystwyth]] project, "Devolved Voices". This was a three-year research project, starting in September 2012, that investigated the state of Welsh poetry in English since the [[1997 Welsh devolution referendum]].<ref>[https://wordpress.aber.ac.uk/devolvedvoices/about-the-project/ "About the Project", Devolved Voices]</ref> Poets included were: [[Tiffany Atkinson]], [[Zoë Brigley|Zoe Brigley]], [[Sarah Corbett (poet)|Sarah Corbett]], Damian Walford Davies, Nia Davies, Jasmine Donahaye, [[Joe Dunthorne]], [[Jonathan Edwards (poet)|Jonathan Edwards]], [[Rhian Edwards (poet)|Rhian Edwards]], Kristian Evans, [[Matthew Francis (poet)|Matthew Francis]], Dai George, [[Ian Gregson (poet)|Ian Gregson]], [[Philip Gross]], [[Emily Hinshelwood]], Meirion Jordan, [[Anna Lewis]], [[Gwyneth Lewis]], [[Patrick McGuinness|Patrick McGuiness]], [[Andrew McNeillie]], Kate North, [[Pascale Petit (poet)|Pascale Petit]], clare e. potter, [[Deryn Rees-Jones]], [[Fiona Sampson]], [[Zoë Skoulding|Zoe Skoulding]], Katherine Stansfield, [[Richard Marggraf Turley|Richard Marggraff Turley]], Anna Wigley, and Samantha Wynn-Rhydderch.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-11-23 |title=Media |url=https://wordpress.aber.ac.uk/devolved-voices/media/ |access-date=2023-01-24 |website=Devolved Voices |language=en-GB}}</ref>

Poet [[Mab Jones]], the founder and editor of Black Rabbit Press,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://blackrabbitpress.weebly.com/|title=BRP|website=BRP|language=en|access-date=2019-01-12}}</ref> has won a number of awards, including the [[John Tripp (poet)|John Tripp]] Spoken Poetry Audience Prize,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/showbiz/performance-poet-mab-jones-finds-1818954|title=Performance poet Mab Jones finds her voice|last=WalesOnline|date=2011-06-30|website=walesonline|access-date=2019-01-12}}</ref> the Aurora Poetry Award,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://poetrysociety.org.uk/news/mab-jones-wins-aurora-poetry-competition/|title=Mab Jones wins Aurora Poetry Competition – The Poetry Society|website=poetrysociety.org.uk|access-date=2019-01-12}}</ref> the Geoff Stevens Memorial Poetry Prize,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://poetrysociety.org.uk/news/mab-jones-ben-ray-win-geoff-stevens-memorial-poetry-prize/|title=Mab Jones & Ben Ray win Geoff Stevens Memorial Poetry Prize – The Poetry Society|website=poetrysociety.org.uk|access-date=2019-01-12}}</ref> and the Rabbit Heart Poetry Film Festival Grand Jury Prize.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://doublebunnypress.com/2015-finalists/|title=2015 Finalists|last=Says|first=Cozycoleman|date=2015-09-09|website=Doublebunny Press|language=en|access-date=2019-01-12}}</ref> She also received a Creative Wales Award.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.arts.wales/arts-in-wales/creative-wales/awards-2014-15/mab-jones|title=Arts Council of Wales {{!}} Mab Jones|website=arts.wales|access-date=2019-01-12}}</ref> She has presented two radio programmes for the [[BBC]] which featured Welsh poetry from the past to the present.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20190125183557/https://mabjones.com/portfolio/test/ Radio 4 Presenter: Mab Jones.]}}</ref>

Contemporary poets also include [[Rhian Edwards (poet)|Rhian Edwards]], [[Meirion Jordan]] (born 1985), [[Nerys Williams]], and [[Jonathan Edwards (poet)|Jonathan Edwards]] (born 1979).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wordpress.aber.ac.uk/devolvedvoices/|title=Devolved Voices|website=Devolved Voices|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-12}}</ref> Rhian Edwards' debut collection ''Clueless Dogs'' was named the [[Wales Book of the Year]] in 2013. Jonathan Edwards' debut collection ''My Family and Other Superheroes'' won the [[Costa Book Awards|Costa Book Award for Poetry]] in 2014. Meirion Jordan, who was born in Swansea, Wales, won the [[Newdigate Prize]] in 2007 and [[Seren Books|Seren]] has published two collections by him.<ref>[https://www.serenbooks.com/author/meirion-jordan Seren Books]</ref> Nerys Williams is originally from Pen-Y-Bont, Carmarthen in West Wales, and her collection of poetry ''Sound Archive'' (2011) was published by Seren and ''Cabaret'' by New Dublin Press in 2017.<ref>[http://www.newdublinpress.org/ New Dublin Press].</ref> Williams, a native Welsh speaker, was a recipient of a [[Fulbright Award|Fulbright Scholar's Award]] at [[University of California at Berkeley]], and is a recent winner of the [[Ted McNulty Poetry Prize]] from [[Poetry Ireland]].<ref>[https://www.serenbooks.com/author/nerys-williams Seren Books]</ref>

===Drama===
The [[National Theatre Wales]], was founded in 2009, several years after [[Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru]], its Welsh language equivalent. As well as non-Welsh productions, it aims to produce original English language works by Welsh playwrights.