Robert Morgan (writer)

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Robert Morgan (born 1921 in Penrhiwceiber , Glamorganshire , † 1994 ) was a Welsh writer and painter.

Life

Morgan was born the son of a miner . He attended school until he was 14 and then worked in a mine for twelve years . From 1947 he studied in Birmingham at Fircroft College and made a teacher exams at the College of Education in Bognor Regis in 1953 . Another study took place in 1969 at Southampton University. Until 1980/81 he was employed as a teacher at special schools and from then on worked as a painter and writer

He wrote poems and short stories.

Works (selection)

  • The Night's Prison , poems, 1967
  • Voices in the Dark , Versrama, 1976
  • The Storm , poems, 1974
  • On the Banks of the Cynon , Poems, 1975
  • The Pass , poems, 1976
  • My Lamp Still Burns , autobiography, 1981
  • Poems and Drawings , poems, 1983
  • The Miners, and Other Stories , short stories, 1986

literature

  • Hans Petersen (editor): Biographical Notes Robert Morgan In Erkundungen - 28 Welsh storytellers , Verlag Volk und Welt, Berlin 1988, ISBN 3-353-00361-4 , page 385.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ National Library of Wales Robert Morgan Papers (English) ( Memento of the original from January 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.archiveswales.org.uk
personal data
SURNAME Morgan, Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Welsh writer and painter
DATE OF BIRTH 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Penrhiwceiber , Glamorganshire
DATE OF DEATH 1994