Emyr Humphreys

Emyr Humphreys was a British writer, poet, novelist, docent and television producer (1919–2020). He was born at Trelawnyd and died at Llanfairpwllgwyngyll.

Also recorded as Emyr Owen Humphreys.

Overview

Born at Trelawnyd in 1919, died at Llanfairpwllgwyngyll in 2020.

Identity and origins

The authorities additionally record the heading Emyr Owen Humphreys. His recorded languages were Welsh and English.

2 children are recorded: Dewi Humphreys and Siôn Humphreys.

Career and activity

Emyr Humphreys worked in Welsh literature and British literature.

He was employed by British Broadcasting Corporation and Bangor University. He belonged to Royal Society of Literature and Learned Society of Wales. He worked at Wales.

Recognition and collections

Emyr Humphreys received Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, Somerset Maugham Award, Hawthornden Prize, Wales Book of the Year and Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales.

Catalogued works

50 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library and The Art Institute of Chicago. Their recorded dates run from 1775 to 1871.

A Toy Epic. An Absolute Hero. Bonds of Attachment. National Winner. Conversations and reflections. Dal pen rheswm. The best of friends (Land of the Living, Volume 2). Salt of the earth (Land of the Living, Volume 3). Open Secrets. Collected poems. Flesh and blood. The Land of the Living. Ancestor worship : a cycle of eighteen poems. Bwrdd Datblygu Teledu Cymraeg. Diwylliant Cymru a'r cyfryngau torfol. Ghosts and strangers. Old people are a problem. The crucible of myth. The gift of a daughter. The rigours of inspection : poems and stories. The shop. The Taliesin tradition : a quest for the Welsh identity. The Welsh condition. The Woman at the Window. Tri llais : nofel. Unconditional surrender. Y tri llais : nofel. The woman at the window : twelve stories. A Man's Estate. A change of heart. Fickle fact and sober fiction. The Italian wife. The kingdom of Brân. Landscapes. Natives. The voice of a stranger. Y gwir di-goll =. The best of friends. Hear and forgive. The little kingdom. Salt of the earth. Y tri llais. Outside the House of Baal. The anchor tree. Jones. Theatr Saunders Lewis. TheT aliesin tradition. The Taliesin tradition. George Franklin Archer and the Archer Residence, dated 1871, oil on canvas, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1987.43. Shoe Buckles, dated 1775–1815, silver and iron, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1988.57a-b.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

The Art Institute of Chicago: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

2 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Humphreys, Emyr Owen, (born 15 April 1919), author, Who's Who, 2007. Welsh writting and postcoloniality : the strategic use of the Blodeuwedd myth in Emyr Humphreys's novels, Revista Alicantina de Estudios Ingleses, 2003.

Digitised editions and texts

4 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

Hear and forgive (1953) — Internet Archive. The Little Kingdom (1946) — Internet Archive. a man's estate (1957) — Internet Archive. A Man S Estate (1955) — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 12 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 15 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

Emyr Humphreys studied at Aberystwyth University. the recorded working language is Welsh and English.

The field of work recorded is Welsh literature and British literature.

Places of work recorded in the authority are Wales. Employment is recorded with British Broadcasting Corporation and Bangor University. Membership is recorded of Royal Society of Literature and Learned Society of Wales.

Distinctions recorded are Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, Somerset Maugham Award, Hawthornden Prize and Wales Book of the Year.

Chronology

  1. 1919Emyr Humphreys born at Trelawnyd.
  2. 1946The Little Kingdom digitised by Internet Archive.
  3. 1953Hear and forgive digitised by Internet Archive.
  4. 1955A Man S Estate digitised by Internet Archive.
  5. 1957a man's estate digitised by Internet Archive.
  6. 2020Emyr Humphreys died at Llanfairpwllgwyngyll.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

    “Emyr Humphreys”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q3406160: Emyr Humphreys

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