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| '''Emyr Humphreys''' (April 15, 1919 -) is a leading ] ], ] and author. He was born at Trelawnyd{{cn}} in Flintshire, and attended the ] before registering as a conscientious objector at the outbreak of the ].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/showbiz-and-lifestyle/books-in-wales/2009/04/18/emyr-humphreys-final-book-the-woman-at-the-window-91466-23402392/|publisher =Wales Online|date=18 April, 2009|author=Steve Dube|title= | '''Emyr Humphreys''' (April 15, 1919 -) is a leading ] ], ] and author. He was born at Trelawnyd{{cn}} in Flintshire, and attended the ] before registering as a conscientious objector at the outbreak of the ].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/showbiz-and-lifestyle/books-in-wales/2009/04/18/emyr-humphreys-final-book-the-woman-at-the-window-91466-23402392/|publisher =Wales Online|date=18 April, 2009|author=Steve Dube|title= | ||
| Emyr Humphreys’ final book The Woman at the Window|accessdate=1 February, 2010}}</ref> After the war he worked as a teacher, a drama lecturer at Bangor, and as a BBC producer. During his long bilingual writing career, he has published over twenty novels, which include such classics as ''A Toy Epic'' (1958), ''Outside the House of Baal'' (1965), and ''The Land of the Living'', an epic sequence of seven novels charting the political and cultural history of twentieth-century Wales: ''Flesh and Blood; The Best of Friends; Salt of the Earth; An Absolute Hero; Open Secrets; National Winner, and Bonds of Attachment''. He has also written plays for stage and television, short stories, ''The Taliesin Tradition'' (a cultural history of Wales), and published his ''Collected Poems'' in 1999. | Emyr Humphreys’ final book The Woman at the Window|accessdate=1 February, 2010}}</ref> After the war he worked as a teacher, a drama lecturer at Bangor, and as a BBC producer. During his long bilingual writing career, he has published over twenty novels, which include such classics as '']'' (1958), ''Outside the House of Baal'' (1965), and ''The Land of the Living'', an epic sequence of seven novels charting the political and cultural history of twentieth-century Wales: ''Flesh and Blood; The Best of Friends; Salt of the Earth; An Absolute Hero; Open Secrets; National Winner, and Bonds of Attachment''. He has also written plays for stage and television, short stories, ''The Taliesin Tradition'' (a cultural history of Wales), and published his ''Collected Poems'' in 1999. | ||
| Among many honours, he was awarded the ] in 1958 for ''Hear and Forgive'', and the ] for ''A Toy Epic'' the same year.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/northwest/halloffame/arts/emyrhumphreys.shtml|title=BBC - North West Wales Arts -Emyr Humphreys|publisher=BBC Wales|accessdate=1 February 2010}}</ref> Humphreys won the ] Award in 1992, 1999 and 2004.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.academi.org/past-winners-and-judges/|title=Past Winners and Judges|publisher=]|accessdate=1 February, 2010}}</ref> | Among many honours, he was awarded the ] in 1958 for ''Hear and Forgive'', and the ] for ''A Toy Epic'' the same year.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/northwest/halloffame/arts/emyrhumphreys.shtml|title=BBC - North West Wales Arts -Emyr Humphreys|publisher=BBC Wales|accessdate=1 February 2010}}</ref> Humphreys won the ] Award in 1992, 1999 and 2004.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.academi.org/past-winners-and-judges/|title=Past Winners and Judges|publisher=]|accessdate=1 February, 2010}}</ref> | ||
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Emyr Humphreys (April 15, 1919 -) is a leading Welsh novelist, poet and author. He was born at Trelawnyd in Flintshire, and attended the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, before registering as a conscientious objector at the outbreak of the Second World War. After the war he worked as a teacher, a drama lecturer at Bangor, and as a BBC producer. During his long bilingual writing career, he has published over twenty novels, which include such classics as A Toy Epic (1958), Outside the House of Baal (1965), and The Land of the Living, an epic sequence of seven novels charting the political and cultural history of twentieth-century Wales: Flesh and Blood; The Best of Friends; Salt of the Earth; An Absolute Hero; Open Secrets; National Winner, and Bonds of Attachment. He has also written plays for stage and television, short stories, The Taliesin Tradition (a cultural history of Wales), and published his Collected Poems in 1999.
Among many honours, he was awarded the Somerset Maugham Award in 1958 for Hear and Forgive, and the Hawthornden Prize for A Toy Epic the same year. Humphreys won the Wales Book of the Year Award in 1992, 1999 and 2004.
References
- Steve Dube (18 April, 2009). "Emyr Humphreys' final book The Woman at the Window". Wales Online. Retrieved 1 February, 2010.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=and|date=(help) - "BBC - North West Wales Arts -Emyr Humphreys". BBC Wales. Retrieved 1 February 2010.
- "Past Winners and Judges". Academi. Retrieved 1 February, 2010.
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