Eigra Lewis Roberts | |
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Born | Blaenau Ffestiniog, Merionethshire, Wales | 7 August 1939
Language | Welsh |
Alma mater | University College of North Wales |
Subject | Post-War women in Wales |
Notable awards | Multiple awards at the National Eisteddfod of Wales |
Spouse | Llew |
Children | 3 |
Eigra Lewis Roberts (born 7 August 1939) is a Welsh-language author of about 30 plays, short stories, children's books and novels. [1] She has won several awards at the National Eisteddfod of Wales. [2]
Born in Blaenau Ffestiniog, Roberts attended Ffestiniog County School, along with her fellow author John Rowlands and the poet Gwyn Thomas. [2] [3] Having graduated from University College of North Wales in Bangor, [2] she taught in Holyhead and Llanrwst and now lives in Dolwyddelan. [1] [4] Roberts has an honorary MA from the University of Wales. [4] [5]
Aged 20, Roberts won the open novel prize at the 1959 Caernarfon National Eisteddfod of Wales. [1] [2] In the 1960s and 1970s she was known for writing about the lives and dissatisfaction of Welsh women in Post-war Britain, a topic little covered Welsh authors at the time. [6] [7] [8] In the 1980s, she was the screenwriter adapting her novel Mis o Fehefin for the Welsh television programme Minafon. [2] [4]
In 2006, Roberts wrote her first novel in English, the semi-autobiographical Return Ticket. [5] That year she won the Crown in the Swansea National Eisteddfod for a collection of poems about Sylvia Plath. [1] [2] [4] In 2013, her work Parlwr Bach was shortlisted for the Wales Book of the Year award. [9]
Eigra Lewis Roberts | |
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Born | Blaenau Ffestiniog, Merionethshire, Wales | 7 August 1939
Language | Welsh |
Alma mater | University College of North Wales |
Subject | Post-War women in Wales |
Notable awards | Multiple awards at the National Eisteddfod of Wales |
Spouse | Llew |
Children | 3 |
Eigra Lewis Roberts (born 7 August 1939) is a Welsh-language author of about 30 plays, short stories, children's books and novels. [1] She has won several awards at the National Eisteddfod of Wales. [2]
Born in Blaenau Ffestiniog, Roberts attended Ffestiniog County School, along with her fellow author John Rowlands and the poet Gwyn Thomas. [2] [3] Having graduated from University College of North Wales in Bangor, [2] she taught in Holyhead and Llanrwst and now lives in Dolwyddelan. [1] [4] Roberts has an honorary MA from the University of Wales. [4] [5]
Aged 20, Roberts won the open novel prize at the 1959 Caernarfon National Eisteddfod of Wales. [1] [2] In the 1960s and 1970s she was known for writing about the lives and dissatisfaction of Welsh women in Post-war Britain, a topic little covered Welsh authors at the time. [6] [7] [8] In the 1980s, she was the screenwriter adapting her novel Mis o Fehefin for the Welsh television programme Minafon. [2] [4]
In 2006, Roberts wrote her first novel in English, the semi-autobiographical Return Ticket. [5] That year she won the Crown in the Swansea National Eisteddfod for a collection of poems about Sylvia Plath. [1] [2] [4] In 2013, her work Parlwr Bach was shortlisted for the Wales Book of the Year award. [9]