Harri Pritchard Jones

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Harri Pritchard Jones (born March 10, 1933 in Dudley , Worcestershire , † March 10, 2015 in Penarth , Vale of Glamorgan ) was a Welsh writer.

Life

Jones grew up in Menai Bridge and Llangefni on the Welsh island of Anglesey . He studied medicine in Birmingham and Trinity College , Dublin . He lived in Ireland for ten years . In 1958, he joined the Roman Catholic faith , until then an agnostic . In 1965 he married Lenna Harries, with whom he had a daughter and two sons. He worked as a psychiatrist and was active as a writer, writing in Welsh .

Jones has written novels, short stories, and academic papers. Frequently the plot of his works, unusual for Welsh literature although written in Welsh, took place outside of Wales.

Works (selection)

  • Troeon , Short Stories, 1966
  • Dychwelyd , Roman, 1972
  • Pobl , short stories, 1978

In addition, he wrote a scientific study on Sigmund Freud .

literature

  • Hans Petersen (editor): Biographical Notes Harri Pritchard Jones In Erkundungen - 28 Welsh storytellers , Verlag Volk und Welt, Berlin 1988, ISBN 3-353-00361-4 , page 383 f.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Meic Stephens: Doctor Harri Pritchard Jones: Psychiatrist and author whose writing and activism made him a giant of Welsh literature and language. In: independent.co.uk. The Independent , April 2, 2015, accessed January 3, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Jones, Harri Pritchard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Welsh writer and psychiatrist
DATE OF BIRTH March 10, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH Dudley , Worcestershire , England , UK
DATE OF DEATH March 10, 2015
Place of death Penarth , Vale of Glamorgan , Wales , United Kingdom