Gareth Alban Davies

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Gareth Alban Davies (born July 30, 1926 in Ton Pentre , Rhondda ; † February 9, 2009 in Aberystwyth ) was a Welsh poet and British Hispanist .

Life

Davies grew up in the coalfield of Wales and did his military service as a miner from 1944 to 1947. He then studied Spanish at Queen's College at the University of Oxford and received his doctorate in 1955 under William J. Entwistle with the work The life and works of Antonio Hurtado de Mendoza, 1586-1644 (published ud T. A poet at court. Antonio Hurtado de Mendoza 1586-1644 , Oxford 1971).

Davies taught exclusively at the University of Leeds , from 1952 as Assistant Lecturer, from 1955 as Lecturer, from 1968 as Senior Lecturer and from 1975 until his retirement in 1986 as Cowdray Professor of Spanish.

Davies was particularly connected to the Welsh language, in which he published three volumes of poetry, biographies, travelogues and a conference volume, as well as translations from both Spanish and French.

Other works

English

  • (with Colin C. Smith and HB Hall), Langenscheidt's Standard Dictionary of the English and Spanish languages , London 1966, 1988
  • (Ed.) The pleasant history of Lazarillo de Tormes drawn out of Spanish by David Rowland of Anglesey , Newtown 1991

Welsh

  • Baled Lewsyn a'r môr, a cherddi eraill, Denbigh 1964 (poetry, Welsh)
  • (Translator with Caryl Glyn Davies) André Gide, Y Deillion, Cyfieithiad o "La Symphonie pastorale", Llandybie 1965
  • Dyddiadur America, Dinbych 1967 (travel report)
  • (Ed. With W. Gareth Jones) Y Llenor yn Ewrop, Caerdydd 1976 (Symposium "Writers in Europe")
  • Tan tro nesaf. Darlun o wladfa Gymreig Patagonia, Llandysul 1976 ("See you soon!", Welsh in Patagonia)
  • Dyddiadur Awstralia, Abertawe 1986 (travel report)
  • Trigain. Cerddi, Aberystwyth 1986 (poetry, Welsh)
  • (Translator and Editor) Y Ffynnon sy'n Ffrydio. Blodeuyerdd o Farddoniaeth Sbaeney, Cardiff 1990 (Spanish poetry, Welsh)
  • Cardi o Fôn. Detholion o gerddi a throsiadau John Henry Jones, Aberystwyth 1991
  • Galar y culfor a cherddi eraill, Abertawe 1992 (poetry, Welsh)
  • Y llaw broffwydol. Owen Jones, Pensaer (1809-74), Talybont 2004

literature

  • A face not turned to the wall. Essays on hispanic themes for Gareth Alban Davies , Leeds 1987
  • Alex Longhurst and Patricia McDermott, “Gareth Alban Davies (1926-2009)”, in: Bulletin of Spanish studies 86, 2009, pp. 829-832
  • The Independent March 12, 2009 (obituary, English)

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personal data
SURNAME Davies, Gareth Alban
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Welsh poet and British Hispanist
DATE OF BIRTH July 30, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Ton Pentre , Rhondda
DATE OF DEATH February 9, 2009
Place of death Aberystwyth