Caradog prichard biography of rory
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Caradog Prichard
Caradog Prichard (3 November 1904 – 25 February 1980) was a Welsh poet and novelist writing in Welsh.[1] His daughter, Mari Prichard, was married to the late Humphrey Carpenter.
Caradog Prichard was born and grew up in the Gwynedd slate-quarrying town of Bethesda, in north-west Wales.
Caradog prichard biography of rory
His father died when he was a baby, and his mother suffered from mental illness.[2] Prichard began his career as a journalist with Welsh language newspapers in Caernarfon, Llanrwst and Cardiff, before moving to London, where he spent much of his life.
Un Nos Ola Leuad
His best-known work is Un Nos Ola Leuad (1961), set in a mythologically subversive version of his native area.[3] The novel was made into a film in 1991 by the Gaucho Company.
Translations of the novel
- Full Moon 1973 (English) partial translation by Menna Gallie (translated from Prichard's Welsh)
- Une nuit de pleine lune 1990 (French) (translated from Prichard's Welsh)
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