Glyn Jones (Wales)

"For other persons named Glyn Jones, see Glyn Jones (disambiguation)".

Glyn Jones (28 February 1905 – 10 April 1995) was a 20th century Welsh author and important figure in Anglo-Welsh literature. [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19950411/ai_n13976581 Obituary] in "The Independent"] He also served as both Chairman and President of the Welsh Academy's English-language section. [ [http://www.uwp.co.uk/book_desc/1410.html Glyn Jones (Writers of Wales Series)] ] In one of his most important works, "The Dragon Has Two Tongues", he discusses the ways that the period between the wars affected his generation of Welsh authors.

Published works

Novels

*The Valley, The City, The Village (1956)
*The Learning Lark (1960)
*The Island of Apples (1965)

Poetry

*Poems (1939)
*The Dream of Jake Hopkins (1944)
*Selected Poems (1975)
*Selected Poems: fragments and fictions (1988)
*The Collected Poems of Glyn Jones (edited by Meic Stephens) (1996)

Short Stories

*The Blue Bed (1937)
*The Water Music and other stories (1944)
*Selected Short Stories (1971)
*Welsh Heirs (1977)
*The Collected Stories of Glyn Jones (edited and introduction by Tony Brown) (1999)

Translations

*The Saga of Llywarch the Old: a reconstruction by Glyn Jones with the verse and interludes (with T.J.Morgan) (1955)
*When the Rose Bush brings forth Apples (1981)
*Honeydew on the Wormwood: a further selection of old Welsh verses (1984)
*The Story of Heledd (with T.J.Morgan, edited by Jenny Morgan) (1994)
*A People’s Poetry: hen benillion (1997)

Criticism

*The Dragon Has Two Tongues (1968) (2001)
*Profiles: a visitor’s guide to writing in twentieth century Wales (with John Rowlands) (1980)

Notes

External links

* [http://www.academi.org/glyn-jones-centre/i/130569/ The Glyn Jones Centre]
* [http://spruce.flint.umich.edu/~ellisjs/Brown.PDF The Ex-Centric Voice: The English-Language Short Story in Wales] by Tony Brown