Fury of Past Time

A Life of Gwyn Thomas

AvDaryl Leeworthy

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

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Gwyn Thomas was born, the last of twelve children, into aRhondda mining family in 1913. After a childhood markedby the strikes of the 1920s, he went off to study Spanish atOxford University and in Madrid, where he met the poetFederico Garcia Lorca and witnessed the turmoil whichwould lead to the Spanish Civil War. On his return, amidstthe economic mire of the 1930s and his own burgeoningteaching career in Barry in the 1940s, he picked up his penand began to write. For more than forty years, until his deathin 1981, as novelist, screenwriter, master of the short story,and prizewinning playwright, Gwyn Thomas deliveredcompelling and comedic portraits of his world of SouthWales. His creative genius earned enduring fame on bothsides of the Atlantic and on both sides of the European ColdWar divide. As a provocative and insightful broadcaster, heembraced the possibilities of radio and television, whilstleaving his hosts and guests alike in fits of knowing laughter.This landmark biography, enriched with unrivalled access toprivate papers and international archives, tells the remarkablestory of one of modern Wales's greatest literary voices.

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Utgivningsdatum:2022-10-01
Mått:135 x 215 x 43 mm
Vikt:624 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:250
Förlag:Parthian Books
ISBN:9781914595196

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Daryl Leeworthy is the Rhys DaviesTrust Research Fellow at SwanseaUniversity, where he works on thecultural and political history of modernWales. His several books includeLabour Country: Political Radicalismand Social Democracy in South Wales,1831-1985 (2018) and A Little GayHistory of Wales (2019).

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Gwyn Thomas was born, the last of twelve children, into a Rhondda mining family in 1913. After a childhood marked by the strikes of the 1920s, he went off to study Spanish at Oxford University and in Madrid, where he met the poet Federico García Lorca and witnessed the turmoil which would lead to the Spanish Civil War. On his return, amidst the economic mire of the 1930s and his own burgeoning teaching career in Barry in the 1940s, he picked up his pen and began to write. For more than forty years, until his death in 1981, as novelist, screenwriter, master of the short story, and prizewinning playwright, Gwyn Thomas delivered compelling and comedic portraits of his world of South Wales. His creative genius earned enduring fame on both sides of the Atlantic and on both sides of the European Cold War divide. As a provocative and insightful broadcaster, he embraced the possibilities of radio and television, whilst leaving his hosts and guests alike in fits of knowing laughter.This landmark biography, enriched with unrivalled access to private papers and international archives, tells the remarkable story of one of modern Wales’s greatest literary voices.