List of Welsh writers

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List of Welsh writers is an incomplete alphabetical list of Welsh writers. This list includes writers of all genres, writing in English, Welsh, Latin, or any other language.

This is a subsidiary list to the List of Welsh people.

Main article: Welsh literature

See also Category:Welsh writers

Contents 1 A 2 B 3 C 4 D 5 E 6 F 7 G 8 J 9 L 10 M 11 O 12 P 13 R 14 S 15 T 16 V 17 W 18 See also

[edit] A

• Dannie Abse (born 1923) poet and writer
• Martin Amis (born 1949) novelist
• Aneirin, medieval epic poet
• Asser, Bishop of Sherborne (died c. 909), author

[edit] B

• Mary Balogh, novelist
• Rhoda Broughton (1840–1920), novelist

[edit] C

• Lewys Glyn Cothi

[edit] D

• Roald Dahl (1916–1990), author
• Andrew Davies, screenwriter
• Idris Davies coal miner, teacher and poet from Rhymney
• Rhys Davies (1901–1978), novelist and short story writer
• Russell T. Davies (born 1963), television scriptwriter
• W.H. Davies, poet
• John Dyer (c. 1699 – 1758), poet

[edit] E

• Caradoc Evans (1878–1945), short story writer and novelist

[edit] F

• Dick Francis (born 1920), jockey and author
• Ken Follett (born 1949), author

[edit] G

• Giraldus Cambrensis (c. 1146 – c. 1223), chronicler
• Iris Gower, novelist
• Ann Griffiths (1776–1805), poet
• Howard Gethin (born 1966) journalist
• Dafydd ap Gwilym (c. 1315/1320 – c. 1350/1370), poet
• Cerian Griffiths (born 17 february 1969),writer
• Niall Griffiths (born 1966) Novelist and journalist

• Craig Handley
• Myfanwy Haycock
• Llywarch Hen
• Mererid Hopwood
• John Ceiriog Hughes
• Rhys Hughes
• Thomas Rowland Hughes

[edit] J

• Glyn Jones (Wales) (1905–1995)
• Gwyn Jones (author) (1907–1999)
• Jack Jones (1884–1970), novelist
• Lewis Jones (writer) (1897–1939)
• William Jones (philologist) (1746–1794), philologist

[edit] L

• Jon Latimer (born 1964), historian
• C.S. Lewis (born in Belfast, but of Welsh descent)
• Alun Lewis (1915–1944), poet
• Saunders Lewis, writer and politician
• Eric Linklater (1899–1974), novelist (who falsely claimed Orcadian birth)
• Richard Llewellyn (1907–1983), novelist

[edit] M

• Arthur Machen Horror, fantasy writer and literary critic.
• Ruth Manning-Sanders (1895–1988), poetry and children's literature
• Cynddelw Brydydd Mawr
• Huw Menai

[edit] O

• Daniel Owen
• Gary Owen (playwright)

[edit] P

• Caradog Prichard
• John Cowper Powys (1872–1963) Novelist, philosopher, visionary.

[edit] R

• Bernice Rubens (1928-2004)

[edit] S

• Howard Spring (1889–1965), novelist
• Jennifer Sullivan 1945-, children's novelist

[edit] T

• Taliesin
• Craig Thomas, novelist
• Dylan Thomas (1914–1953), poet
• Edward Thomas (1878–1917), poet
• Ronald Stuart Thomas (1913–2000), poet
• Hester Thrale (1740–1821), diarist
• Cath Tregenna

[edit] V

• Henry Vaughan (1621–1695), poet

[edit] W

• Jo Walton
• Glanmor Williams (1920–2005), historian
• John Ellis Williams (1924–), bilingual novelist, contributor of autobiographical works, short story writer
• Raymond Williams (1921–1988), novelist, critic, academic
• Roger Williams
• Waldo Williams (1904–1971), Welsh language poet
• Eirug Wyn
• Hedd Wyn
• Chris Walley

[edit] See also

• List of Welsh language authors
• List of Welsh language poets (6th century to c.1600)
• Welsh literature
• Anglo-Welsh literature