Sian James (novelist)

Siân James is a Welsh novelist who writes in English.

James was born near Llandysul in Carmarthenshire, and attended the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. She is a Fellow of the University of Wales, Aberystwyth and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Glamorgan. She is a Fellow of the Welsh Academy. She has twice won the Yorkshire Post Prize, and her third novel, "A Small Country", has come to be regarded as a classic of Anglo-Welsh literature [Meic Stephens, "A Book of Wales: an Anthology", (JM Dent, 1987)] [Tony Curtis, "Wales at War: Critical Essays on Literature and Art", (Seren, 2007)] . "A Small Country" was made into a Welsh TV series ("Calon Gaeth") for S4C in 2006, which won the 2007 Bafta Cymru award for Best Drama/Drama Serial for Television [ [http://www.bafta-cymru.org.uk/english/awards/awards.php?year=2007&page=1 Bafta Cymru] ] .

In 1958 she married the actor, Emrys James [ [http://www.parthianbooks.co.uk/4217.htm Parthian Books] ] .

Works

*"One Afternoon" (1975)
*"Yesterday" (1978)
*"A Small Country" (1979)
*"Another Beginning" (1979)
*"Dragons and Roses" (1983)
*"A Dangerous Time" (1984)
*"Love and War" (1994)
*"Storm at Arberth" (1994)
*"Not Singing Exactly" (collected short stories, 1996)
*"Two Loves" (1997)
*"The Sky Over Wales" (memoir, 1997)
*"Summer Storm" (1998)
*"Second Chance" (2000)
*"Outside Paradise" (short stories, 2001)
*"Summer Shadows" (2004)

References

External links

* [http://www.swan.ac.uk/english/postgrad/Wynn A Small Country used in postgraduate English courses]