School of Welsh

Ceri Elen is a tutor on the School’s Scriptwriting, Drama and Creative Writing modules. She graduated from Cardiff University with a first class degree in English and Welsh in 2006, before returning to complete an MA in Welsh (Creative Writing route) in 2007 (with an AHRC scholarship). In addition to teaching in the School, Ceri Elen works as a freelance author and playwright, and is a film producer for Boom Films. She won the Drama Medal at the Urdd Eisteddfod (Denbighshire) in 2006, and the Literature Medal at the Urdd Eisteddfod (Carmarthenshire) in 2007.

Performances and Publications

• Heb ei Fai... – Musical co-written with Eilir Owen Griffiths.
• Clymau – Musical co-written with Eilir Owen Griffiths.
• Alys – BBC Radio Cymru production; produced by Aled Jones.
• Mae Gen’ i Gariad – BBC Radio Cymru production; produced by Aled Jones.
• Min Nos Fan Hyn – Sherman Wales; directed by Arwel Gruffydd.
• An Informer’s Duty (Welsh translation by Ceri Elen) – National Youth Theatre Wales, directed by Greg Cullen.
• Café Cariad (Welsh translation by Ceri Elen) – National Youth Theatre Wales, directed by Greg Cullen.
• Book reviewer for BBC Radio Cymru.
• Contributor to the journals Tu chwith and Taliesin.