Rhys Trimble

Rhys Trimble (born in 1977) is a bilingual poet, teacher, visual poet, visual artist, musician and improvisational performance artist^[1] based in Wales. Trimble was born in Livingstone, Zambia in 1977, and was raised in Pontypool and latterly the head of the Neath Valley - Pontneddfechan. Trimble completed his first degree in biochemistry in the University of Sussex in 1999. Trimble is considered an important part of Welsh avant garde.^[2] He completed a BA in literature and creative writing from Bangor University in 2010, and published his first book of poetry, Keinc, the same year.^[3] He lives in Bethesda, graduated with a BA in Literature and Creative Writing and has recently published his second novel Drone (Crater Press). Previous books include Keinc, Skine, The Red Book of Hergest Ward and kør (2023). He received a PhD from the University of Northumbria at Newcastle. His doctoral thesis was titled "Tywysogion".^[4][5] He has authored more than 20 books of poetry in Wales, England, India and the US since 2010, including Swansea Automatic, Anatomy Mnemonics for Caged Waves (US) and Hexerisk.^[6][7] He is the vocalist with the Punk/Improv/Noise group Lolfa Binc.^[8] And Anxiolytics. Trimble has contributed works to public art in Denbigh, Conwy Valley and Blackpool, Trimble was Nominated for the TS Eliot prize 2016.

Rhys Trimble
Born	(1977-09-09) 9 September 1977 (age 47) Livingstone, Zambia
Occupation	Poet
Language	Welsh, English
Nationality	Welsh
Education	BA, Bangor University (2010) PhD, Northumbria University
Genre	poetry
Years active	2008-present
Notable awards	cinnamon press award
Website
www.rhystrimble.com

He edits the experimental poetry e-zine ctrl+alt-del.^[9] since 2008. His work has been translated into Slovak^[10] Latvian^[11] Anthologized in English^[12] and Spanish^[13][14] Galicean, Croatian, Romanian and Turkish. As an academic he has published articles in poetry Wales and had critical essays written on his work by Keely Laufer^[15] and Dr Daniel Williams.^[16] Trimble has performed in a number of countries around the world, and has taken part in the Gelynion Wales tour^[17] and the India-Wales international writing project.^[18] He is the founder of Awen 33 Arts, Bangor North Wales, Previous visiting poet at Bangor university and is currently a Bard in the Public Mapping Platform Project.

Publications

• Trimble, R. (2010). Keinc. Maentwrog: Cinnamon Press. ISBN 978-1-907090-02-8.
• —— (2010). Kapita. Newton-Le-Willows: Knives Forks and Spoons Press. ISBN 978-0-9565418-4-0.
• —— (2011). Mynydd. Swansea: Boiled String Press. ISBN 978-0-9569473-1-4.
• —— (2012). Skine. Newton-Le-Willows: Knives Forks and Spoons Press. ISBN 978-1-907812-83-5.
• —— (2012). Trace Agents. Manchester: DeptPress.^{[citation needed]}
• —— (2013). ./fine. Rhydfelin: Literary Pocket Book Press.[ISBN unspecified]
• —— (2014). Hexerisk. Newton-Le-Willows: Knives Forks and Spoons Press. ISBN 978-1-909443-44-0.
• —— (2014). "Plurilingual Poetry". Poetry Wales. 49 (3): 45.
• —— (2014). "Places in Poetry: The Poem as Heterotopia". Poetry Wales. 50 (1).
• —— (2015). rej ect ame nta. London: Contraband Press. ISBN 978-1-910319-20-8.
• —— (2015). Swansea Automatic. Llangattwg: Aquifer Books. ISBN 978-0-9928438-4-7.
• —— (2017). Anatomy Mnemonics for Caged Waves. Xerolage Series. La Farge: Xexoxial Editions. ISBN 978-1936687428.
• —— (2018). The Red Book of Hergest Ward. Newton Le Willows: Knives Forks and Spoons Press. ISBN 9781912211173.
• —— (2019). Y Sidydd. Swanses: Hafan Books. ISBN 9780995496699.
• —— (2019). Alterity 4/Praise Poem to Ostara. Alterity Journal. ISSN 2514-1961.