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- 1944, 1975-1978 (Creation)
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1 envelope
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Correspondence of Gwladys Lewis, comprising:
Photocopies of transcripts (made by Alun John) of letters written, 1944, by Gwladys Lewis to writer and translator Professor Gwyn Jones, which include poetry by Gwladys Lewis (see John Pikoulis: Alun Lewis: A Life (Poetry Wales Press, 1984), pp. 313-14).
Letters, 1975-1978, from Gwladys Lewis to John Pikoulis.
Letter, 1978, to Gwladys Lewis from the Reverend Dewi Evans, Llwynhendy, Llanelli, who was a cousin of Alun Lewis.
Envelopes marked with name of correspondent and date of correspondence.
See also under Gwladys Lewis: Biographical and literary notes for notes by John Pikoulis on letters, 1940-1942, sent to Gwladys Lewis and her husband Thomas J. Lewis from Alun Lewis.
See also under Correspondence of Alun Lewis (photocopies, typescript copies and transcripts) .
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- English
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Born in New Tredegar, Monmouthshire, Gwyn Jones was a novelist and story writer and a scholar and translator of Nordic literature and history. In 1940 Jones was appointed Professor of English of the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, where he taught until his appointment as Professor of English at University College, Cardiff in 1964, a position he held until his retirement in 1975 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwyn_Jones_(author)).
For Alun John, see, for example: https://archives.library.wales/index.php/short-story-testimonial-and-poetry-published-by-alun-lewis-in-ludovican
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- Jones, Gwyn, 1907-1999 (Subject)
- John, Alun, 1919- (Subject)
- Evans, Dewi, Reverend (Subject)
- Lewis, Thomas J., b. 1885 (Subject)