Bobi Jones

Robert Maynard "Bobi" Jones (born May 20, 1929 in Cardiff , Glamorganshire , † November 22, 2017 ) was a Welsh writer .

Life

After attending Cathays High School in Cardiff, Jones studied Welsh at University College in Cardiff. After graduating in 1949, he first worked as a Welsh teacher. Later, he was a lecturer at Trinity College in Carmarthen and the University College of Wales in Aberystwyth . He later held the Chair of Welsh in Aberystwyth.

Bobi Jones has published poems, novels, essays and short stories, mostly writing in Welsh .

Works (selection)

• Y Gân Gyntaf , poems, 1957
• Nid yw Dŵr yn Plygu , Roman, 1958
• I´r Arch , Essay, 1959
• Rhwng Taf a Thaf , poems, 1960
• Bod yn Wraig , Roman, 1960
• Tyred Allan , poems, 1965
• Man Gwyn , poems, 1965
• Y Dyn na Ddaeth Adref , Short Stories, 1966
• Yr Wyl Ifori , poems, 1967
• Ci Wrth y Drws , Short Stories, 1968
• Daw'r Pasg i Bawb , short stories, 1969
• Highlights in Welsh Literature , Essay, 1969
• Allor Wydn , Poems, 1971
• Traed Prydferth , Short Stories, 1973
• Tafod y Llenor , Essay, 1974
• Llenyddiaeth Cymru 1936-1972 , essay, 1975
• Gwlad Llun , Poems, 1976
• Llên Cymru a Chrefydd , 1977
• Pwy Laddodd Miss Wales , Short Stories, 1977
• Selected Poems , Poems, 1987

literature

• Editor: Hans Petersen, Biographische Notizen Bobi Jones in Erkundungen - 28 Welsh storytellers , Verlag Volk und Welt Berlin 1988, ISBN 3-353-00361-4 , page 382.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bobi Jones: Scholar of Welsh who taught Prince Charles and whose native English became a foreign language , independent.co.uk, November 23, 2017, accessed November 24, 2017
2. ↑ Teyrngedau i'r Athro Emeritws Bobi Jones fu Farw yn 88 oed , BBC ( Welsh ), accessed on November 23, 2017
3. ↑ Bobi Jones 1929 - 2017 , literaturewales.org (English), November 23, 2017, accessed on November 23, 2017