Alison Bielski
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| Born | Alison Joy Prosser[1] 24 November 1925[1] |
| Died | 9 July 2014 (aged 88)[1] Whitchurch, Cardiff, Wales[2] |
| Nationality | Welsh |
| Other names | Alison Joy Treverton-Jones[1] |
Alison Joy Bielski (née Prosser, previously Treverton-Jones; 24 November 1925 – 9 July 2014), was a
Early life and education
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She was born on 24 November 1925 in Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales.[1] Her family, the Morris Prossers had lived in the district around Tintern Abbey, Monmouthshire since the 11th century.[1]
Bielski attended
Career
Bielski's poems were first published by small printers. She made her debut with Twentieth-Century Flood, published by Howard Sergeant on the Outposts imprint in 1964, and four years later by Shapes and Colours, published by the Triskel Press in Wales. Her first hardbacked book was Across the Burning Sand in 1970.
During her lifetime her works were considered too "modern", too "experimental", too "difficult" because punctuation was reduced to a minimum and no upper-case letters were used in her works.[1]
Her works include numerous collections and she regularly contributed to magazines. She often drew inspiration from
Death
She died on 9 July 2014 and was cremated at Thornhill Crematorium in Cardiff on 24 July.[3] She had one son and daughter, six grand children and one great-grandson.[3]
Bibliography
- Twentieth Century Flood 1964
- Story of the Welsh Dragon (with Claude Page) 1969 ISBN 978-0901906007
- Across the Burning Sand 1970 ISBN 978-0850880731
- 20 monogrampoems 1971
- Flower legends of Wales 1972 ISBN 978-0950256207
- Zodiacpoems (with Peter Barnfield and Ginny Barnfield) 1973 ISBN 978-0950256221
- Shapes and Colours 1973 ISBN 978-0950256214
- Eve 1973 ISBN 978-0903226455
- Mermaid Poems 1974 ISBN 978-0950284316
- Flower Legends of the Wye Valley 1974 ISBN 978-0950256245
- The Lovetree 1974 ISBN 978-0715401361
- Mobiles 1979 ISBN 978-0861622498
- Discovering Islands 1979 ISBN 978-0905761077
- Seth: A Poem Sequence 1980 ISBN 978-0905049663
- Tales and Traditions of Old Tenby 1981 ISBN 978-0901906175
- Night Sequence 1981 ISBN 978-0950256252
- Sacramental Sonnets: a Poem Cycle, 1982 2003 ISBN 978-0907117896
- Eagles, 1983 ISBN 978-0907117193
- Story of St.Mellons 1985 ISBN 978-0907117414
- That Crimson Flame 1996 ISBN 978-3705207844
- The Green-eyed Pool 1998 ISBN 978-3705201262
- One of Our Skylarks 2010 ISBN 978-1907090219
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Alison Bielski: Poet whose experimental, structurally inventive and often startling work drew on Welsh myth and legend". The Independent. Archived from the original on 13 January 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
- ^ "Deceased Estates-Details of the deceased". The London Gazette. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
- ^ a b c "Bielski Alison Joy Prosser Treverton-Jones: Obituary". BMDs Online. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
- ^ "One of Our Skylarks". Inpress Books. Archived from the original on 5 September 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
- ^ "New blue plaque commemorates Tenby writer and poet". Tindle Newspapers. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
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