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Emyr Humphreys

Welsh author, poet and novelist (1919-2020) · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers · Died at 101

Emyr Owen Humphreys, FRSL, FLSW was a Welsh novelist, poet, and author. His career spanned from the 1940s until his retirement in 2009. He published in both English and Welsh.

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Awards

Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales2013
Somerset Maugham Award1953
Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
Hawthornden Prize
Wales Book of the Year

About this person

Country
United Kingdom
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1919 to 2020 · aged 101