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John Powell Ward (born 1937) is an English poet and academic. He is an Honorary Research Fellow in the College of Arts and Humanities at Swansea University.[1]John Powell Ward was born in Felixstowe, Suffolk.[2] He studied at the University of Toronto and the University of Cambridge before embarking on an academic career in Swansea. Between 1977 and 1984, he was a regular presenter of the BBC radio programme Poetry Now, and from 1975 to 1980 he edited Poetry Wales.[3] In 2012, an exhibition of his "Poetry or Type" project was on view at the Hay-on-Wye Poetry Jamboree.[4][5] He is the father of the actor Tom Ward. WorksPoetry- The Other Man (Christopher Davies, 1969)
- To Get Clear (Poetry Wales Press, 1981)
- The Clearing (Poetry Wales Press, 1984)
- A Certain Marvellous Thing (Seren, 1993)
- Genesis (Seren, 1997)
- Late Thoughts in March (Seren, 1999)
- Selected and New Poems (Seren, 2004)
- The Last Green Year (Cinnamon Press, 2008)
- Instead Of Goodbye (Cinnamon Press, 2017)
Criticism- Social Reality for the Adolescent Girl (University of Wales, Swansea 1976)
- Poetry and the Sociological Idea (Harvester Press, 1981)
- Wordsworth's Language of Men (Harvester Press, 1984)
- Raymond Williams (University of Wales Press, 1984)
- The English Line (Macmillan, 1991)
- As You Like It (Harvester: Shakespeare New Readings, 1992)
- Thomas Hardy's Poetry (Open University Guides, 1993)
- The Poetry of R. S. Thomas (Seren Books: Poetry Wales Press, 1987)
- The Spell of the Song: Letters, Meaning, and English Poetry (Fairleigh-Dickinson University Press USA, 2004)
Awards- Poetry and the Sociological Idea, Welsh Arts Council Award for literary criticism, 1981
- The Clearing, Welsh Arts Council Award for poetry, 1984
- The Spell of the Song, Outstanding Academic Title Citation, American Libraries Association, 2004
References1. ^Swansea University - Mr John Powell Ward, Honorary Research Fellow. Accessed 23 November 2013 2. ^Literature Wales - Writers of Wales Database. Accessed 23 November 2013 3. ^{{cite web|url=https://poetrywales.co.uk/wp/about/|title=Poetry Wales - About|website=Poetry Wales|access-date=15 February 2019}} 4. ^Fiona Owen: Interview with John Powell Ward. Accessed 23 November 2013 5. ^Hay Poetry Jamboree 2013
Further reading- Fiona Owen - "Language of Light: The Poetry of John Powell Ward", Welsh Writing in English, Volume 7, 2001-2.
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