Tim Saunders is a Cornish poet and journalist primarily writing in the Cornish language who also writes in the

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, Irish, and Breton languages. He is resident in Cardiff but is of Cornish descent. He is a literary historian and editor of 'The Wheel' – an anthology of modern poetry in Cornish 1850–1980. ''High Tide'' is a collection of his own poems in Cornish from the years 1974 to 1999. He was made bard of the

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in 1998, taking the bardic name (Poet of the People). Tim's daughters,

Gwenno Gwenno Mererid Saunders (born 23 May 1981) is a Welsh musician, known by the stage name Gwenno. She has released three critically-acclaimed albums as a solo artist: Welsh Music Prize winner'' Y Dydd Olaf'' (2014); '' Le Kov'' (2018), her first ...

and Ani Saunders, were formerly singers with the British

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, with Gwenno also playing the keyboards, and are now solo artists.

Standard Written Form

Saunders has spoken out against the development of a

Standard Written Form The Standard Written Form or SWF ( kw, Furv Skrifys Savonek) of the Cornish language is an orthography standard that is designed to "provide public bodies and the educational system with a universally acceptable, inclusive, and neutral orthograp ...

of Cornish, saying

Selected list of works

* 1977: ''Teithiau (Cyfres y beirdd answyddogol)''. Y Lolfa. (Author) * 1985: ''Gohebydd Arbennig''. Y Lolfa. (Author) * 1986: ''Cliff Preis'': Darlithydd Coleg. Y Lolfa. (Author) * 1994: ''Saer Swyn a Storiau Eraill o Gernyw''. Gomer Press. (Author) * 1999: ''The Wheel'': An Anthology of Modern Poetry in Cornish 1850–1980. Francis Boutle Publishers. (Editor) * 2003: ''Gol Snag Bud Ha Gwersyow Whath''. Spyrys a Gernow. (Author) * 2003: ''Cornish is Fun'': An Informal Course in Living Cornish. Y Lolfa. (Translator) * 2006: ''Nothing Broken'': Recent Poetry in Cornish. Francis Boutle Publishers. (Editor)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Saunders, Tim Writers from Cardiff Tim 21st-century Irish-language poets Bards of Gorsedh Kernow British male writers Breton-language writers Cornish-language writers Irish-language writers Welsh-language writers Cornish nationalists Cornish-speaking people Poets from Cornwall Living people Year of birth missing (living people)