Background
She was born at Blaendulais, Seven Sisters, near Neath.
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Lighting Candles: New and Selected Poems
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Ruth Bidgood
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She was educated at a grammar school in Portuguese Talbot, and went on to read English at Street Hugh"s College in the University of Oxford.
Career
Her Welsh-speaking father was a priest in Portuguese Talbot, where Ruth was brought up. During World World War II, she served as a Wren as a coder in Egypt, at Alexandria. In the 1970s she made her home there, and began publishing poetry and researches into local history.
In April 2011 her collection, Time Being, was awarded the Roland Mathias Prize.
A book-length study of Bidgood"s work, written by Matthew Jarvis, was published in 2012. The book was launched together with Bidgood"s Above the Forests collection at Aberystwyth Arts Centre on 27 July 2012.
