Career
Talfan Davies was brought up in Gorseinon. During the 1930s Davies worked in London as a pharmacist before returning to Wales and settling in Swansea. He was the brother of Alun Talfan Davies, with whom he founded the publishing company, Llyfrau"r Dryw (later succeeded by Christopher Davies).
Aneirin Talfan Davies, who was known by the bardic name of Aneurin ap Talfan, also founded the Welsh language periodicals, Heddiw (English: Today) and Barn (Opinion).
He was Head of Programmes Wales at the British Broadcasting Corporation and produced broadcasts of early works by Dylan Thomas. Following Dylan"s death, he wrote a critical study of Thomas as a religious poet.
He also translated the poetry of Christina Rossetti into Welsh, and edited the letters of David Jones, whose influence can be discerned throughout his work. He was a prominent Anglican and Christian themes characterised much of his writing.
He is chairman of the Institute of Welsh Affairs, which he co-founded, and the Welsh National Opera.