Rhys Davies - A Writer's Life

Disgrifiad Cymraeg / Welsh Description

Roedd Rhys Davies (1901-78) yn llenor rhyddiaith ymhlith y mwyaf ymroddedig, toreithiog a medrus a welodd Cymru. Mae'r cofiant llawn cyntaf hwn yn disgrifio ei fagwraeth yn fab i groser Blaenclydach, ei atgasedd at ddiwylliant y capel, ei flynyddoedd bohemaidd yn Fitzrovia, ei ymweliad â D.H. Lawrence a'i wraig yn ne Ffrainc, ei safonau gweithio dyfal, ei noddwyr, a llawer mwy.

Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description

Rhys Davies (1901-78) was among the most dedicated, prolific and accomplished of Welsh prose writers. This is his first full biography, describing the early years of the Blaenclydach grocer's son, his abhorrence of 'chapel culture', his bohemian years in Fitzrovia, his visit to the Lawrences in the south of France, his unremitting work ethic, his patrons, and much more.

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Bywgraffiad yr Awdur / Author Biography

Meic Stephens founded the magazine Poetry Wales in 1965. He joined the University of Glamorgan in 1994 and became Professor of Welsh Writing in English in 2000. He is the author, editor and translator of about two hundred books, including a number of anthologies, The New Companion to the Literature of Wales and the Writers of Wales series.

Adolygiad y Cyhoeddwr / Publisher Review

"[Meic] has done more than justice...to the black humour of Davies’s writing and that of his life. This is a delightful book, which is itself a social history in its own right, and funny." The Spectator "in writing this informative, intriguing biography, Meic Stephens has done the reading public a great service, as Rhys Davies is clearly a writer who should be read more of by people not just in Wales but everywhere." Wales Arts Review