Somerset Maugham Award
1 appearances
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Edition 0 (1953) Winner
Emyr Humphreys
エミル・ハンフリーズ
Emyr Humphreys
Aliases:
Emyr Owen Humphreys
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1919-04-15 （Prestatyn）
- Died
- 2020-09-30 （Llanfairpwll） age 101
- Nationality
- Welsh
- Languages
- Welsh, English
- Residence History
- Prestatyn, Wales → Aberystwyth, Wales → Bangor, Wales → Llanfairpwll, Anglesey
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, poet, author, teacher, radio producer, lecturer
- Active Years
- 1940-2009
- Affiliations
- BBC, Bangor University
- Memberships
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (FRSL), Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales (FLSW)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rhyl High School | — | Literature | — | — | Wales |
Rhyl High School
Literature
Country:
Wales
Started composing poetry
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | Somerset Maugham Award | Hear and Forgive | — | Royal Society of Literature | 受賞 |
| 1992 | Wales Book of the Year | — | — | Academi | 受賞 |
| 1999 | Wales Book of the Year | — | — | Academi | 受賞 |
Somerset Maugham Award
1953
Work:
Hear and Forgive
Organization:
Royal Society of Literature
Result:
受賞
Wales Book of the Year
1992
Organization:
Academi
Result:
受賞
Wales Book of the Year
1999
Organization:
Academi
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Little Kingdom
1946 NovelEarly novel exploring Welsh identity with characters speaking Welsh.
Welsh identity
A Toy Epic
1958 NovelComing-of-age story of three boys and Wales itself, an important war novel.
Coming-of-ageWarWelsh history
The Land of the Living
1974 Epic novel sequenceEpic sequence of seven novels charting 20th-century Welsh history.
Welsh historyCulture
Bibliography
- See Emyr Humphreys bibliography
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Bilingual writingMyth-based narratives
- Recurring Motifs
- Celtic mythsBlodeuwedd mythWelsh identity
Legacy
One of 20th-century Wales's greatest writers, known for exploring Welsh identity over a long career.
Archives
- National Library of Wales
Trivia
- Registered as a conscientious objector during WWII.
- Lived to 101.