Gwen Davies

Who is Gwen Davies?

Gwen Davies is a Welsh editor and translator.

Davies is the youngest of four children in a Welsh-speaking family, she was raised in Otley, West Yorkshire, England. Her parents were linguists, her father a published Welsh-language poet.

Davies' began her first job in 1985 as a writer/editorial assistant on Planet magazine. She later managed the Welsh-language children's publisher, Cymdeithas Lyfrau Ceredigion, before becoming Literature Officer of the Arts Council of Wales in 1995.

She was Parthian Books’ original Fiction Editor, working notable titles including Rachel Trezise’s Fresh Apples, which won the Dylan Thomas Prize. Davies was also editor of Alcemi Books, the literary fiction imprint of Y Lolfa. Davies became the new editor of the New Welsh Review in 2011, bringing a fresh look to the magazine which includes illustrations by Jamie Hamley.

She lives in Aberystwyth with her husband and teenage son and daughter.