Nigel Jenkins

Nigel Jenkins
Jenkins in the Khasi Hills
Born	(1949-07-20)20 July 1949 Gower, Wales
Died	28 January 2014(2014-01-28) (aged 64) Swansea, Wales
Resting place	St Mary's Church, Pennard, Gower, Wales
Occupation	Poet, playwright, lecturer
Language	English, Welsh
Nationality	Welsh
Period	1972–2014
Notable works	Gwalia in Khasia (1995) Blue: 101 Haiku, Senryu and Tanka (2002) The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales (co-ed., 2008)
Notable awards	Eric Gregory Award (1976) Wales Book of the Year (1996)
Website
www.nigeljenkins.wales

Nigel Jenkins (20 July 1949 – 28 January 2014) was an Anglo-Welsh poet. He was an editor, journalist, psychogeographer, broadcaster and writer of creative non-fiction, as well as being a lecturer at Swansea University and director of the creative writing programme there.^[1]