Eigra Lewis Roberts

Eigra Lewis Roberts (born 7 August 1939) is a Welsh-language author who has written about 30 plays, short stories, children's books and novels.[1] She has won numerous awards at the National Eisteddfod of Wales.[2]

Eigra Lewis Roberts
Born (1939-08-07) 7 August 1939
Blaenau Ffestiniog, Merionethshire, Wales
LanguageWelsh
Alma materUniversity College of North Wales
SubjectPost-War women in Wales
Notable awardsMultiple awards at the National Eisteddfod of Wales
SpouseLlew
Children3

Personal life

Roberts was born in Blaenau Ffestiniog. She attended Ffestiniog County School, at the same time as fellow author John Rowlands and poet Gwyn Thomas,[2][3] and later graduated from University College of North Wales in Bangor.[2] She then taught in Holyhead and Llanrwst, and now lives in Dolwyddelan.[1][4] Roberts has an honorary MA from the University of Wales.[4][5]

Career

Aged 20, Roberts won the open novel prize at the 1959 Caernarfon National Eisteddfod of Wales.[1][2] During the 1960s and 1970s, she was known for writing about contemporary life and the dissatisfaction of Welsh women in Post-war Britain, a topic not covered much by Welsh authors at the time.[6][7][8] In the 1980s, she screenwrote and adaptated her novel Mis o Fehefin to create the Welsh television programme Minafon.[2][4]

In 2006, Roberts wrote her first English-language novel, Return Ticket. The novel was semi-autobiographical.[5] In the same year, she won the Crown in the Swansea National Eisteddfod for a collection of poems about Sylvia Plath.[1][2][4] In 2013, her book Parlwr Bach was shortlisted for the Wales Book of the Year award.[9]

Selected works
  • Brynhyfryd, 1959
  • Mis o Fehefin, 1980[10]
  • Return Ticket, 2006 (Gomer Press)
  • Parlwr Bach, 2013

References
  1. Bissett, Daniel (18 June 2016). "Waunfawr farm sparks childhood memories for author in 3 Lle". North Wales Daily Post. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
  2. 3 Lle: Eigra Lewis Roberts [3 Places: Eigra Lewis Roberts] (in Welsh). S4C. 19 June 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  3. Stephens, Meic (17 May 2015). "John Rowlands: Author who eschewed popular taste in order to explore the human mind and his own inner life". The Independent. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  4. "Eigra Lewis Roberts". BBC Cymru (in Welsh). Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  5. "Return ticket, by Eigra Lewis Roberts". Wales Online. 25 March 2006. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  6. Sturrock, John (1997). The Oxford Guide to Contemporary World Literature. Oxford University Press. p. 434. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  7. Jones, John Graham (2014). The History of Wales. University of Wales Press. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  8. The Celts: History, Life, and Culture. ABC-CLIO. p. 796. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  9. "2013 Wales Book of the Year Award Shortlist". Literary Festivals. 14 May 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  10. British National Bibliography. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
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