Marion Eames

Marion Eames (born Gwladys Marion Griffith Eames;[1] 5 February 1921 – 3 April 2007) was a Welsh novelist.[2]

Marion was born in Birkenhead, Cheshire, of Welsh parents, but was brought up at Dolgellau from the age of 4, where she attended Dr Williams's School. A talented musician (she played the harp and piano), she graduated from Guildhall College, London.

Marion worked as a librarian in Dolgellau then at Aberystwyth University before becoming a radio producer with the BBC in Cardiff. She was an early scriptwriter for the long running Welsh soap Pobol Y Cwm and was also for a time a regional organizer for Plaid Cymru. In 1955 she married Quaker journalist Griffith Williams.

Her best-known work is Y Stafell Ddirgel (also translated into English as (The Secret Room), published in 1969. This was later made into a BBC television drama series.[3]

A follow on novel was Y Rhiandir Mwyn ("The Fair Wilderness"). Her autobiography was published in 1995.

References

  1. ↑ Welsh Biography Online. Accessed 11 September 2015
  2. ↑ The Independent (6 April 2007)
  3. ↑ BBC Bitesize (Welsh)


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