Gwyneth Lewis wrote the text that appears over the Wales Millennium Centre.
11 Facts About Gwyneth Lewis
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Gwyneth Lewis was born into a Welsh-speaking family in Cardiff.
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Gwyneth Lewis's father started teaching her English when her mother went into hospital to give birth to her sister.
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Gwyneth Lewis was awarded a double first in English literature and the Laurie Hart Prize for outstanding intellectual work.
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Gwyneth Lewis was made a Harkness Fellow and worked as a freelance journalist in New York for three years.
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Gwyneth Lewis then returned to Cardiff as a documentary producer and director at BBC Wales.
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Gwyneth Lewis later wrote the words which appear over the Wales Millennium Centre, which opened in November 2004.
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Gwyneth Lewis was a judge for the 2011 Hippocrates Prize for Poetry and Medicine.
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On 6 August 2012, Gwyneth Lewis won Y Goron at the National Eisteddfod at Llandow for a collection of poems on the set title of Ynys.
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Gwyneth Lewis was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 2022 Birthday Honours for services to literature.
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Gwyneth Lewis entered the world of music in partnership with Richard Chew.