Optimist Absoliwt - Cofiant Eluned Phillips

A biography of the poet Eluned Phillips (1915-2009), the second woman to win the National Eisteddfod Crown, which she did twice (1967 and 1983). She embraced a bohemian lifestyle, travelling to pre-war London and Paris, where she was acquainted with Augustus John, Dylan Thomas, Edith Piaf, Jean Cocteau, Maurice Chevalier and Pablo Picasso. Over 30 photographs.