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Letters, poetry and newspaper cuttings, 1968-1970, relating to the Soviet emigre Naoum Gourevich, alias Naoum Odnopozov, who came to know Ned Thomas in London while Thomas was editor of the Russian language periodical Англия (Angliya).
The papers comprise some eighteen letters, in English and Russian, 1968-1970, to Thomas from Odnopozov, in Paris, some containing enclosures such as items of official correspondence (ff. 2-28); copies of Russian poems by Odnopozov and others, some accompanied by English translations by Michael Edwards (a pseudonym for Thomas and Odnopozov) (ff. 29-50); and press cuttings in French and English, 1968-1969 (ff. 16-17, 51-53).

Papers, 1962-1996, relating to Esyllt Thomas Lawrence and her husband Lluís Ferran de Pol, comprising two letters, in Welsh, to Ned Thomas from Lawrence, Llanbleddian, [1992], 1994 (ff. 1-3), and one, in English, from the Biblioteca de Catalunya, 1996 (f. 4); photocopies of Saunders Lewis, La Corda del Penjat (Barcelona, 1962), Lawrence and Ferran de Pol's Catalan translation of Lewis's 'Siwan' (25 ff., with p. 22 missing), and the articles 'Esyllt T. Lawrence – Una Creu de Sant Jordi per al Pais Galles' by Josep V. Garcia and Carme Manuel (from Serra d'Or, 414 (June 1994)) (3 ff.) and 'Catalunya – the Real Connection: Ned Thomas remembers Esyllt Ferran de Pol' (from Planet, 111 (June/July 1995), 81-84) (3 ff.); and copies of the publications Quaderns d'estudis arenyencs, No. 1 (October 1981), containing articles on Salvador Espriu by Lawrence and Ferran de Pol (24 pp.), and Centre de Documentacio i Estudi Salvador Espriu (Arenys de Mar, 1987), with an introduction by Lawrence (18 ff.).

Seven letters and cards, 1994-1996 and undated, from Nikita Zabolotsky, Moscow, to Ned Thomas, mainly in connection with the publication of his biography of his father, The Life of Zabolotsky, ed. by R. R. Milner-Gulland; trans. by R. R. Milner-Gulland and C. G. Bearne (Cardiff: UWP, 1994) (ff. 2-9).
Also included are an invitation to the launch of the book (f. 10), and two letters, 1994, from the Yaroslavl State Historical and Architectural Museum-Preserve requesting, and acknowledging receipt of, a copy of the book (ff. 11-12), together with ephemera relating to the museum (ff. 13-15).

Gohebiaeth, teipysgrifau a phapurau eraill, 1994-1998, Ned Thomas, fel Cyfarwyddwr Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru, mewn perthynas â Places / Y Man a'r Lle, cyfres o ddeuddeg cyfrol fer (chwech yn Gymraeg a chwech yn Saesneg) a gyhoeddwyd gan Wasg Gregynog. = Correspondence, typescripts and other papers, 1994-1998, of Ned Thomas, as Director of the University of Wales Press, relating to Places / Y Man a'r Lle, a series of twelve short volumes (six in Welsh and six in English) published by Gregynog Press.
Ceir gohebiaeth gydag un ar ddeg o'r deuddeg awdur, Ruth Bidgood, Gillian Clarke, Menna Elfyn, Christine Evans, Nigel Jenkins, Robin Llywelyn, Christopher Meredith, Twm Morys, Myrddin ap Dafydd, Ioan Bowen Rees a Wiliam Owen Roberts, yn ogystal â David Esslemont o Wasg Gregynog. Ceir hefyd ddrafftiau o ysgrifau'r awduron yma, heblaw am Christine Evans and Twm Morys; nid yw'r awdur arall, John Barnie, wedi ei gynrhychioli yn y ffeil. = The correspondents include eleven of the twelve contributors, Ruth Bidgood, Gillian Clarke, Menna Elfyn, Christine Evans, Nigel Jenkins, Robin Llywelyn, Christopher Meredith, Twm Morys, Myrddin ap Dafydd, Ioan Bowen Rees and Wiliam Owen Roberts, as well as David Esslemont of Gregynog Press. Drafts of of each author's contributions are included, with the exception of Christine Evans and Twm Morys; the remaining contributor, John Barnie, is not represented in the file.

Correspondence and other papers of Ned Thomas, 1984-2000, relating to the poet R. S. Thomas, comprising fourteen letters and cards, in Welsh, 1984-1991, from R. S. Thomas to Ned Thomas (ff. 1-14); letters to Ned Thomas from Rudolf G. Carpanini, 1984 (ff. 15-16), and Patchy Wheatley, 1986 (f. 17); papers concerning his nomination for the Nobel Prize for Literature, 1995-1996 (ff. 18-56); and obituaries, 2000 (f. 57, 58 verso-59).

Un ar ddeg o lythyrau a chardiau, 1978-2000 a [d.d.], oddi wrth Emyr Humphreys, Caerdydd a Llanfairpwll, at Ned Thomas. = Eleven letters and cards, in Welsh, 1978-2000 and undated, from Emyr Humphreys, Cardiff and Llanfairpwll, to Ned Thomas.

Thirteen letters and cards, 1965-2009, to Ned Thomas from the English and Scottish writers Alan Bennett, 2009 (f. 1), Tony Harrison, 1972 (f. 2), Sorley MacLean, 1987-1991 (ff. 3-6), and Iris Murdoch, 1965-[1969] (ff. 7-13), and her husband John Bayley, 1965, [mid 1990s] (ff. 7, 14), together with a photocopy of Ned Thomas's interview with Murdoch, with commentary, published in O'r Pedwar Gwynt, Winter 2019, pp. 13-16 (translated into Welsh from the Russian version published in Angliya, 28 (1968), 105-109) (ff. 15-18).

Some sixty-five letters and postcards in Spanish and French, 1985-2010, to Ned Thomas from his friend the Basque nationalist Jose-Luis Alvarez Enparantza (Txillardegi, 1929-2012) (ff. 1-109, 111-112), together with a copy of Thomas's letter to Txillardegi, 8 November 2010 (f. 110).
The letters concern political, cultural and personal matters; one letter, dated 8 December 1989, concerns the paramilitary attack on Basque politicians at the Hotel Alcalá, Madrid, on 20 November, in which he was one of the targets (f. 3).

Papers, 1986-2012, relating to Jose-Luis Alvarez Enparantza (Txillardegi), including a pamphlet of Basque poetry (with translations into French, Spanish, Italian and English), [?1984]; a copy of the journal Coleg Cymraeg, Rhif 1 (1986), including Ned Thomas's interview with Txillardegi (in Welsh translation); cuttings from seven Basque and Spanish newspapers, 2000-2010, sent by Txillardegi to Thomas; Thomas's obituary of Txillardegi from the Independent, 31 January 2012; and the text of Thomas's 'Three Days in January' as published in Planet, Spring 2012.

Some nineteen letters and associated papers, 1978-[?2014], addressed to Ned Thomas from the following correspondents: Kaadyr-ool Bicheldey, [of Tuva, Russia], [?2002] (ff. 1-4), Marie-Thérèse [Castay], Toulouse, 1991, 1993 (ff. 7-8), Ronan Huon, Brest, [1999] (f. 9), Bruno Jordà, Barcelona, 1999 (ff. 10-11), Maria Koreneva, 1981 (ff. 12-13), Robert [Lafont], Montpellier, 1996 (f. 14), J[ean-]Yves [Le Disez], [of Plougastel-Daoulas], 1998 (f. 15), Peter [Lodenius], Helsinki, 2000 (f. 16), Ulla-Lena Lundberg, Borgå [Porvoo], Finland, 1988-1990 (ff. 17, 32-34, with photographs, ff. 18-27, and press cuttings, 28-31), Luko Paljetak, Dubrovnik, 1978 (f. 35), Andrea Rossi, Connecticut, 1986 (f. 36), Wolfgang Schamoni, Heidelberg, [?2014] (ff. 37-38, enclosing his article on Hedd Wyn, ff. 39-40), Lydia Stephanou, Athens, 1987 (f. 41, enclosing a copy of her talk 'An approach to the Greek poetic tradition', ff. 42-47), Christine Todsen, Duisburg, 1985 (f. 48), and Luisa Villalta, A Coruña, 1992 (f. 50).
Also included is a copy of the Russian volume Dylan Thomas, Selected Lyrics (Moscow, 1980), translated by Maria Koreneva (64 pp.).

Six letters, cards and faxes, 1990-1998, from Jan Morris, Llanystumdwy, to Ned Thomas, together with eight photographs, one of Thomas (f. 5) and seven of Morris's home, relating to her proposed book A Writer's House in Wales, 1998 (ff. 8-14), and copies of Thomas's articles 'A Free Spirit', 2006 (ff. 15-17), and 'Jan Morris – Pedair Olygfa [sic]', [November 2020] (ff. 18-20).

Papurau Ned Thomas, 1962-2022, yn cynnwys llythyrau a phapurau eraill yn ymwneud ag awduron, beirdd, cyfieithwyr, newyddiadurwyr ac eraill o'i gydnabod yn gweithio yn bennaf yn Gymraeg, Saesneg, ieithoedd lleiafrifol Ewropeaidd megis Basgeg a Chatalaneg, a Rwsieg, gan gynnwys Esyllt T. Lawrence, Emyr Humphreys, R. S. Thomas, Jan Morris, Iris Murdoch, y cenedlaetholwr Basgaidd Txillardegi a'r awduron Rwsiaidd Nawm Odnoposof a Nicita Sabolotsci. = Papers of Ned Thomas, 1962-2022, comprising letters and other papers relating to writers, poets, translators, journalists and other figures of his acquaintance working mostly in Welsh, English, minority European languages such as Basque and Catalan, and Russian, including Esyllt T. Lawrence, Emyr Humphreys, R. S. Thomas, Jan Morris, Iris Murdoch, the Basque nationalist Txillardegi and the Russian writers Naoum Odnopozov and Nikita Zabolotsky.

Pum deg chwech llythyr, 1980-2022, yn Gymraeg a Saesneg, oddi wrth awduron, ysgolheigion ac eraill, o Gymru neu gyda chysylltiadau Cymreig, yn cynnwys Donald Allchin, 1980 (ff. 1-4), John Barnie, 1992, [?1994] (ff. 5-6), Tony [Brown], 1998 (f. 7), Gillian Clarke, 1989 (f. 9), David Cole, 1998 (f. 10), Tudor David, [1994] (f. 11), Oliver Davies, 1999 (f. 12), T. J. Davies, 1990 (f. 13), Maura Dooley, 1993 (ff. 14-15), Nicholas Edwards, [Barwn Crughywel], 1998 (f. 16), Tom Ellis, 1998-1999 (ff. 17-22), Gwynfor [Evans], 1990 (f. 23), Meredydd Evans, [d.d.] (ff. 24-26), Raymond Garlick, 1981 (f. 27), [R.] Geraint [Gruffydd], 1990-2007 (ff. 28-31), Chris Harvie, 1992, [1994] (ff. 32-33), Marged [Haycock], 1998 (f. 34), Jeremy Hooker, 1990, 1993 (ff. 35-38), A. O. H. Jarman, 1990 (f. 40), Nigel Jenkins, 1990 (f. 41), Gwerfyl Pierce Jones, 1990 (f. 42), Gwyn [Jones], 1990 (f. 43), Katie Jones [Gramich wedi hynnu], 1985 (f. 44), R. Brinley Jones, 1990 (f. 46), D. Tecwyn Lloyd, 1981, 1984 (ff. 49-51), Clare Morgan, 1990 (f. 52), Prys Morgan, 2022 (f. 55), Gwilym Prys Davies, [Barwn Prys-Davies], 1998 (f. 56), Ioan Bowen Rees, 1990 (f. 57), John [Rowlands], 1995 (f. 60), Rob Stradling, 2004 (f. 61), Dilys [Williams, chwaer Waldo Williams], 1985 (f. 62), [David] Gwyn Williams, [?1980au cynnar] (ff. 63-64), [J.] Gwynn [Williams], 1998 (f. 65), a Robin Young, 2003 (f. 66). Mae nifer o'r llythyrau yn llongyfarch Ned Thomas ar ei apwyntiad fel cyfarwyddwr Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru yn 1990, neu ar ei ymddeoliad o'r swydd honno yn 1998. Ceir hefyd gopi o lythyr oddi wrth Thomas at Prys Morgan, 2022 (ff. 53-54) a chopi o gerdd gan R. Gerallt Jones (f. 48). = Fifty-six letters, 1980-2022, in Welsh and English, from authors, academics and others from Wales or with Welsh connections, including Donald Allchin, 1980 (ff. 1-4), John Barnie, 1992, [?1994] (ff. 5-6), Tony [Brown], 1998 (f. 7), Gillian Clarke, 1989 (f. 9), David Cole, 1998 (f. 10), Tudor David, [1994] (f. 11), Oliver Davies, 1999 (f. 12), T. J. Davies, 1990 (f. 13), Maura Dooley, 1993 (ff. 14-15), Nicholas Edwards, [Baron Crickhowell], 1998 (f. 16), Tom Ellis, 1998-1999 (ff. 17-22), Gwynfor [Evans], 1990 (f. 23), Meredydd Evans, [d.d.] (ff. 24-26), Raymond Garlick, 1981 (f. 27), [R.] Geraint [Gruffydd], 1990-2007 (ff. 28-31), Chris Harvie, 1992, [1994] (ff. 32-33), Marged [Haycock], 1998 (f. 34), Jeremy Hooker, 1990, 1993 (ff. 35-38), A. O. H. Jarman, 1990 (f. 40), Nigel Jenkins, 1990 (f. 41), Gwerfyl Pierce Jones, 1990 (f. 42), Gwyn [Jones], 1990 (f. 43), Katie Jones [later Gramich], 1985 (f. 44), R. Brinley Jones, 1990 (f. 46), D. Tecwyn Lloyd, 1981, 1984 (ff. 49-51), Clare Morgan, 1990 (f. 52), Prys Morgan, 2022 (f. 55), Gwilym Prys Davies, [Baron Prys-Davies], 1998 (f. 56), Ioan Bowen Rees, 1990 (f. 57), John [Rowlands], 1995 (f. 60), Rob Stradling, 2004 (f. 61), Dilys [Williams, sister of Waldo Williams], 1985 (f. 62), [David] Gwyn Williams, [?early 1980s] (ff. 63-64), [J.] Gwynn [Williams], 1998 (f. 65), and Robin Young, 2003 (f. 66). Several of the letters congratulate Ned Thomas on his appointment as Director of the University of Wales Press in 1990, or on his retirement from that rôle in 1998. Also included is a copy of a letter from Thomas to Prys Morgan, 2022 (ff. 53-54) and a copy of a poem (in Welsh) by R. Gerallt Jones (f. 48).