List of Welsh writers

List of Welsh writers is an incomplete alphabetical list of Welsh writers. This list includes writers of all genres, writing in English, Welsh, Latin, or any other language.

This is a subsidiary list to the List of Welsh people.

Main articles: Literature of Wales (English language) and Literature of Wales (Welsh language)

See also Category:Welsh writers

This literature-related list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

Contents :

A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
See also

A

Dannie Abse (born 1923), poet
Aneirin, medieval Brythonic bard, presumed author of Y Gododdin
Asser, Bishop of Sherborne (died c. 909), author

B

Mary Balogh (born 1944), novelist
Meredydd Barker (born 1969), playwright and artist
Leslie Bonnet (1902–1985), short-story writer and dramatist
Käte Bosse-Griffiths (1910–1998), Egyptologist and author
Geraint Bowen (1915–2011), poet
Rhoda Broughton (1840–1920), novelist

C

David Charles (1762–1834), hymn-writer
Gillian Clarke (born 1915), poet and playwright
Alexander Cordell (1914–1997)
Lewys Glyn Cothi, also known as Llewelyn y Glyn (c. 1420 – c. 1490), poet and scribe
Cynddelw Brydydd Mawr (fl. c. 1155–1200)

D

Dafydd ap Gwilym (c. 1315/1320 – c. 1350/1370), poet
Roald Dahl (1916–1990), author, born in Cardiff to Norwegian parents
Andrew Davies (born 1936), author and screenwriter
Grahame Davies (born 1964), poet and critic
Idris Davies, coal miner, teacher and poet
John Davies (born 1938), historian
John Davies of Mallwyd (c. 1567–1644), translator, scholar, lexicographer and antiquarian
Rhys Davies (1901–1978), novelist and short story writer
Russell T Davies (born 1963), television scriptwriter
W. H. Davies (1871–1940), poet and tramp
John Dyer (c. 1699–1758), poet
Amy Dillwyn (1845-1935)

E

Marion Eames (1921–2007)
Dic Edwards, playwright
Thomas Edwards, often known by his pen name Twm o'r Nant (1739–1810), poet and dramatist
Islwyn Ffowc Elis (1924–2004), novelist
A. M. Esmonde, novelist, film writer
Caradoc Evans (1878–1945), short story writer and novelist
Theophilus Evans (1693–1767), historian

F

Ken Follett (born 1949), author
Dick Francis (1920–2010), jockey and author

G

Gerald of Wales (c. 1146 – c. 1223), chronicler
Iris Gower, novelist
Ann Griffiths (1776–1805), poet
Bryn Griffiths, poet
Niall Griffiths (born 1966), novelist and journalist
Paul Groves
Gwenallt (D. Gwenallt Jones, 1899–1968), poet and critic

H

Craig Handley
Myfanwy Haycock
Anna Haycraft (1932–2005), writer and essayist (half Welsh/Finnish)
George Herbert (1593–1633), poet
Isaac Daniel Hooson (1880–1948), poet
Mererid Hopwood
John Ceiriog Hughes
Rhys Hughes (born 1966), absurdist fiction
Richard Hughes (1900–1976)
Thomas Rowland Hughes

I

Iolo Goch (c. 1320 – c. 1398), poet

J

Evan James (1809–1878), poet and lyricist
David Jones (1895–1974), poet
Dic Jones (1934–2009), poet
Glyn Jones (1905–1995)
Gwyn Jones (1907–1999)
Jack Jones (1884–1970), novelist
Jonah Jones (1919–2004)
Lewis Jones (1897–1939)
William Jones (1746–1794), philologist

L

Jon Latimer (born 1964), historian
Alun Lewis (1915–1944), poet
C.S. Lewis (born in Belfast, but of Welsh descent)
David Lewis (1682-1760), poet
Gwyneth Lewis (born 1959), poet
Saunders Lewis (1893–1985), writer and politician
Richard Llewellyn (1907–1983), novelist
Llywarch Hen

M

Arthur Machen (1863–1947), horror/fantasy writer and literary critic.
Ruth Manning-Sanders (1895–1988), poetry and children's literature
Huw Menai (1886-1961), poet
Jan Morris (born 1926), historian, author and travel writer
Lewis Morris (1701–1765), antiquary and poet
Huw Morus (1622–1709), known as Eos Ceiriog ("the nightingale of Ceiriog"), poet
Twm Morys (born 1961)

N

Terry Nation (1930–1997), author of Survivors, Blake's 7, and writer for the BBC sci-fi drama Doctor Who
Thomas Evan Nicholas or Niclas y Glais (1879–1971), poet, preacher and radical
Mavis Nicholson (born 1930), writer and TV broadcaster

O

Daniel Owen, novelist
Gary Owen, playwright
Goronwy Owen (1723–1769), poet

P

Allison Pearson (born 1960), journalist and novelist
John Cowper Powys (1872–1963), novelist, philosopher, visionary
Caradog Prichard, novelist

R

Goronwy Rees (1909-1979)
Alastair Reynolds (born 1966), science fiction novels and short stories
Adam Roberts (born 1965), science fiction novels and criticism
Kate Roberts (1891-1985), short stories and novels
Richard Owain Roberts (b.1982), short stories
Bernice Rubens (1928–2004)
Bertrand Russell (1872–1970)

S

Fred Secombe (born 1918), memoirist and cleric
Owen Sheers (1974), poet, author, playwright, actor and TV presenter
Howard Spring (1889–1965), novelist
Jennifer Sullivan (born 1945), children's novelist
Peter Swales, Freud commentator and former Rolling Stones employee

T

Taliesin (c. 534–c. 599)
Craig Thomas (born 1942), novelist
Dylan Thomas (1914–1953), poet
Edward Thomas (1878–1917), poet
Gwyn Thomas (1913–1981), novelist
Ifor Thomas (born 1949), performance poet ^[1]
Leslie Thomas (born 1931)
Ronald Stuart Thomas (1913–2000), poet
Hester Thrale (1740–1821), diarist
Cath Tregenna
Rachel Trezise (born 1978)
John Tripp (1927–1986), poet

V

Henry Vaughan (1621–1695), poet
Robert Vaughan (c. 1592–1667), historian and translator

W

Chris Walley
Jo Walton
Harri Webb (1920–1994), poet and journalist
Jon Manchip White
Glanmor Williams (1920–2005), historian
Gwyn A. Williams (1925–1995), historian
John Ellis Williams (born 1924), bilingual novelist, contributor of autobiographical works, short story writer
Raymond Williams (1921–1988), novelist, critic, academic
Roger Williams (born 1974)
Waldo Williams (1904–1971), poet
William Williams Pantycelyn (1717–1791), hymn-writer
Eirug Wyn
Hedd Wyn

References

↑ http://www.literaturewales.org/writers-of-wales/i/129820/desc/thomas-ifor/