| Alan Perry |
| Something About Alan Perry Biographical Note : I am a poet, painter, short-story writer, illustrator and dramatist, currently living in Swansea in South Wales . Five collections of my poetry have been published in the UK – most recently ‘Dreaming from North to South’ my Selected Poems – and I am a past winner of the Eric Gregory Award for Poetry (administered by The Society of Authors in London ). My short stories have been widely published in magazines and my Selected Stories, ‘Days of the Comet’ was published two years ago by Moonstone Press. My documentary book about homelessness in Swansea (Music You Don’t Normally Hear) is recommended reading for the Open University and my stage adaptation of it has been performed many times. I have exhibited my paintings widely in galleries and on the net and am a past winner of the Leslie Moore Award for painting. I have exhibited in the Welsh National Eisteddfod on 3 occasions and also in the Welsh Drawing Biennale. My illustrations have appeared in a variety of publications and were also used to illustrate LMNTRE Poems by the distinguished Welsh poet Vernon Watkins. |
