1937 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1937 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

*Prince of Wales - "vacant"
*Princess of Wales - "vacant"
*Archbishop of Wales - Charles Alfred Howell Green
*Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales - J.J.

Events

*16 July - King George VI and Queen Elizabeth visit Aberystwyth to open the new building at the National Library of Wales.
*27 August - Saunders Lewis, Lewis Valentine and D. J. Williams are released from Wormwood Scrubs to the plaudits of nationalist supporters, having served a nine-month sentence for the arson attack on the Penrhos "bombing school".
*The South Wales Regional Council of Labour is formed.
*The Urdd launches the first Welsh books campaign.

Arts and literature

*James Gomer Berry becomes chairman of Kemsley Newspapers Ltd.
*The Prose Medal is awarded for the first time at the National Eisteddfod.

Awards

*National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Machynlleth)

*National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - T. Rowland Hughes
*National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - J. M. Edwards
*National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal - John Owen Jones

New books

*Ambrose Bebb - "Y Ddeddf Uno 1536"
*David Jones - "In Parenthesis"
*T. J. Morgan - "Dal Llygoden Ac Ysgrifau Eraill"
*John Cowper Powys - "Morwyn: or The Vengeance of God"
*Ernest Rhys - "Song of the Sun"

Music

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Film

*Ray Milland appears in five new films, including "Ebb Tide".

Broadcasting

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port

*Billiards - Horace Coles wins the World Amateur Billiards Championship.
*Boxing
**15 March - Tommy Farr wins the British and Commonwealth heavyweight titles.
**30 August - Farr loses on points to Joe Louis.

Births

*8 January - Shirley Bassey, singer
*22 January - Ryan Davies, entertainer
*21 March - Ann Clwyd, politician
*8 June - Gillian Clarke, poet
*7 September - Clive Everton, snooker commentator
*30 September - Gary Hocking, motorcycle road racer
*5 October - Iwan Edwards, choral conductor (in Canada)
*31 December - Sir Anthony Hopkins, actor
*"date unknown" - Trebor Edwards, singer

Deaths

*28 April - Frederick Edward Guest, politician
*22 July - Alfred George Edwards, former Archbishop of Wales