Emyr Humphreys

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Emyr Humphreys (born April 15, 1919 in Prestatyn , Flintshire ) is a Welsh writer.

Life

Humphreys was born the son of a teacher. He studied history at the University College of Wales at Aberystwyth and at University College in Bangor . Emyr Humphreys worked as a farm hand . After the Second World War he worked as a teacher and from 1955 to 1965 as a director for the BBC . From 1965 to 1972 he worked as a lecturer in drama at University College in Bangor. From 1972 he worked as a freelance writer and critic.

In addition to novels, Emyr Humphreys published libretti , plays, short stories and poems. He mainly wrote his works in English , but also partly in Welsh .

He received the Somerset Maugham Award for his novel Hear and Forgive , published in 1952 . The 1958 novel A Toy Epic received the Hawthornden Prize .

Works (selection)

  • The Little Kingdom , Roman, 1946
  • The Voice of Stranger , novel, 1949
  • A Change of Heart , Roman, 1951
  • Hear and Forgive , Roman, 1952
  • A Man's Estate , Roman, 1955
  • The Italian Wife , Roman, 1957
  • A Toy Epic , Novel, 1958
  • The Gift , Roman, 1963
  • Outside the House of Baal , novel, 1965
  • Natives , short stories, 1968
  • Roman Dream , libretto, 1968
  • An Apple and a Pig , libretto, 1969
  • Dinah , play, 1970 (together with WS Jones)
  • Ancestor Worship , Poems, 1970
  • National Winner , Roman, 1971
  • Flesh an Blood , Roman, 1974
  • Landscapes , poems, 1976
  • The Best of Friends , Roman, 1978
  • The Kingdom of Brân , poems, 1979
  • Pwyll a Rhiannon , poems, 1980
  • Salt of the Earth , Roman, 1985
  • To Absolute Hero , Roman, 1986
  • Three voices , 2008
  • Ghosts and Strangers , 2009

literature

personal data
SURNAME Humphreys, Emyr
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Welsh writer
DATE OF BIRTH April 15, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH Prestatyn