Siân James (novelist)

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Siân James (1930 – 21 July 2021)[1] was a Welsh novelist, academic and translator, who wrote in English. Her third novel, A Small Country, is seen as a classic of Anglo-Welsh literature.

Birth and academic posts[]

James, born near Llandysul in Carmarthenshire, attended the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. She was a Fellow of the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, and of the Welsh Academy. She was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Glamorgan.

Writing career[]

Siân James twice won the Yorkshire Post Prize. Her third novel, A Small Country, has come to be regarded as a classic of Anglo-Welsh literature.[2][3] In 2006, A Small Country was adapted as a Welsh-language TV series, Calon Gaeth, which won the 2007 Bafta Cymru award for Best Drama/Drama Serial for Television.[4]

James translated Kate Roberts's novel Y Byw Sy'n Cysgu into English as The Awakening.[5] She also published a memoir, The Sky Over Wales, in 1997. In the same year, her short-story collection Not Singing Exactly won the Wales Book of the Year award.[1]

Family[]

In 1958 Siân James married the actor, Emrys James.[6] They had four children.[7] Emrys James died in 1989.[1]

Works[]

  • One Afternoon (1975)
  • Yesterday (1978)
  • A Small Country (1979)
  • Another Beginning (1979)
  • Dragons and Roses (1983)
  • A Dangerous Time (1984)
  • Love and War (1994)
  • Storm at Arberth (1994)
  • Not Singing Exactly (collected short stories, 1996)
  • Two Loves (1997)
  • The Sky Over Wales (memoir, 1997)
  • Summer Storm (1998)
  • Second Chance (2000)
  • Outside Paradise (short stories, 2001)
  • Summer Shadows (2004)
  • Return to Hendre Ddu (2009)

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c Tony Curtis (9 August 2021). "Siân James obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  2. ^ Meic Stephens, A Book of Wales: an Anthology (J. M. Dent, 1987)
  3. ^ Tony Curtis, Wales at War: Critical Essays on Literature and Art (Seren, 2007)
  4. ^ Bafta Cymru
  5. ^ "The Awakening". Seren. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  6. ^ Parthian Books
  7. ^ Jones, Catherine (30 November 2001). "A long life in words". Western Mail. Cardiff: Western Mail and Echo Ltd: 13.

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