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- 1955-1984 (with gaps) (Creation)
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2 folders (3.5 cm.)
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Bardd a golygydd oedd Mathonwy Hughes. Fe'i ganwyd ym 1901 yn Llanllyfni, Sir Gaernarfon, yn fab i Ellen a Joseph Hughes, ac yn nai i'r Prifardd R. Silyn Roberts. Addysgwyd ef yn Ysgol Clynnog, ac yna yn nosbarthiadau Mudiad Addysg y Gweithwyr. Priododd Mair Davies ym 1956, ac ymgartrefodd y ddau yn Ninbych. Enillodd Gadair yr Eisteddfod Genedlaethol 1956, a chyhoeddodd bedair cyfrol o farddoniaeth, pedwar casgliad o ysgrifau, cyfrol o hunangofiant a chyfrol deyrnged i Gwilym R. Jones. Bu'n olygydd cynorthwyol Baner ac Amserau Cymru o 1949 hyd ei ymddeoliad ym 1979, ac yn aelod brwdfrydig, fel myfyriwr a darlithydd, o Fudiad Addysg y Gweithwyr. Bu farw ym mis Mai 1999.
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The file comprises correspondence, 1955-1984 (with gaps), including draft letters by Glyn Jones, relating to The valley, the city, the village (London, 1956 and 1980), mostly from the publishers, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, and includes letters from Jack Jones (copy), Raymond Garlick, Gwyn Jones (2), Gwyn Thomas, Les Faber, Elwyn Davies, Aneirin Talfan Davies, Elwyn Evans, A. G. Prys-Jones (2), and Roland Mathias. Some letters contain references to The island of apples. -- Also included are royalty statements, 1956-1960 and 1980-1983, drafts of extracts from the novel which appear to have been adapted for radio [1963], miscellaneous notes, 1956-1958, printed reviews of the novel, 1956-1957, and a copy of the introduction to the 1980 reprint of the book.
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Preferred citation: A1/1
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- Jones, Jack, 1884-1970 (Subject)
- Garlick, Raymond (Subject)
- Jones, Gwyn, 1907-1999 (Subject)
- Thomas, Gwyn, 1913-1981 (Subject)
- Davies, Elwyn, 1912-1994 (Subject)
- Davies, Aneirin Talfan (Subject)
- Evans, Elwyn (Subject)
- Prys-Jones, A. G. (Arthur Glyn) (Subject)
- Mathias, Roland (Subject)