Robin Llywelyn

Robin Llywelyn (born 24 November 1958 in Llanfrothen) is a Welsh novelist, writing in both Welsh and English. His works include From Empty Harbour to White Ocean, winner of the National Eisteddfod Prose Medal.^[1] He is also the managing director of Portmeirion Ltd which runs the Italianate village of Portmerion built by his grandfather Sir Clough Williams-Ellis.

Llywelyn was educated at University of Wales, Aberystwyth, studying Welsh and Irish. Llwelyn has written three novels in Welsh; Seren Wen ar Gefndir Gwyn (1992) which won the 1992 National Eisteddfod of Wales prose medal and the Arts Council of Wales Book of the Year Award; O'r Harbwr Gwag i'r Cefnfor Gwyn (1994), winner of the 1994 Eisteddfod of Wales Prose Medal and BBC Writer of the Year Award, and Un Diwrnod yn yr Eisteddfod (2004).^[1]

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