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A Toy Epic is a novel by Welsh author Emyr Humphreys. It was first published in 1958. [1] The novel follows the story of three boys as they grow up in 'one of the four corners of Wales', crossing paths until they eventually become good friends. [2] Humphreys first started writing the book in 1945, thirteen years before it was published. The book has been described by critics as a "shining example of literary modernism". [3]
Welsh writing in English, is a term used to describe works written in the English language by Welsh writers.
Sir Glanmor Williams was one of Wales's most eminent historians.
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1958 to Wales and its people.
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Thomas Stephens was a Welsh historian, literary critic, and social reformer. His works include The Literature of the Kymry (1849,1876), Madoc: An Essay on the Discovery of America by Madoc ap Owen Gwynedd in the Twelfth Century (1858,1893), and Orgraff yr Iaith Gymraeg (1859), as well as a number of prize-winning essays presented at eisteddfodau between 1840 and 1858. He was the first Welsh historian and literary critic to employ rigorous scientific methods, and is considered to have done more to raise the standards of the National Eisteddfod than any other Welshman of his time. Stephens also figured prominently in efforts to implement social, educational and sanitary reforms both locally in Merthyr Tydfil and more broadly throughout Wales.
Emyr Owen Humphreys, FRSL, FLSW was a Welsh novelist, poet, and author. His career spanned from the 1940s until his retirement in 2009. He published in both English and Welsh.
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David Llewellyn, is a Welsh novelist and script writer. He grew up in Pontypool and graduated from Dartington College of Arts in 2000. His first novel, Eleven, was published by Seren Press in 2006. His second, Trace Memory, a spin-off from the BBC drama series Torchwood, was published in March 2008. Everything Is Sinister was published by Seren in May 2008, Ibrahim & Reenie in 2013 and A Simple Scale in 2018.
Angharad Price FLSW is a Welsh academic and novelist. She is a recipient of the Glyndŵr Award.
Arthur Emyr Jones, usually known as Arthur Emyr, is a former Wales rugby union international. A winger, he played club rugby for Swansea RFC where he remains the club's all-time record try-scorer with 155 tries in 212 games and also for Cardiff RFC where he played 5 games and scored 4 tries. He also gained a Senior Wales Athletics vest. He also played for David Hughes Rugby First XV, Menai Bridge Rugby Club and Aberystwyth University.
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Testimonies is a 1952 novel, set in North Wales, by the English author Patrick O'Brian. It was first published in the UK under the title Three Bear Witness and in the US as Testimonies. The book was re-issued in 1993 (US) and 1994 (UK), both under the title Testimonies.
Emyr Currie-Jones CBE (1917–2008) was a local Labour Party politician in Cardiff, Wales. He was Chairman of South Glamorgan County Council and known for his role in introducing Welsh-language education in Cardiff. He has been described as "an outstanding example of a local councillor who steered Welsh-medium education through many a political storm."
This is a bibliography of some of the novels, the poems and articles of the author Emyr Humphreys and some of the books written about him.
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