Gwyn Thomas (novelist)
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Gwyn Thomas (July 6, 1913 – April 13, 1981) was a Welsh writer who has been called 'the true voice of the English-speaking valleys'.
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[edit] Life
Gwyn Thomas was born in the Rhondda valley, the son of a coalminer. He studied Spanish at Oxford University, and also spent six months at the University of Madrid thanks to a miners' scholarship. He also taught at the WEA in South Wales before becoming a schoolteacher.
A prolific novelist and short-story writer, he became a full-time writer and broadcaster in 1962.
[edit] Works
Novels
- The Dark Philosophers (1946)
- The Alone to The Alone (1947)
- All Things Betray Thee (1949)
- A Frost on My Frolic (1953)
- Sorrow For Thy Sons (1986)
Plays
- The Keep (1962)
- Sap (1974)
- The Breakers (1976)
Autobiography
- A Few Selected Exits (1968)
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- BBC Wales on his life.
- Quotes at BrainyQuote]
- His comments] after meeting Jacob Bronowski
