Urien Wiliam
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Urien Wiliam (7 November 1929 – 21 October 2006) was a Welsh language novelist and dramatist.
Wiliam was born in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, the son of Professor Stephen J. Williams, an academic at Swansea University. He became an expert in the grammar of Welsh, and studied the language at Swansea University, before undertaking a doctorate in psychology at Liverpool University in which he translated the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children into Welsh, and produced norms for Welsh-speaking children.[1]
His first teaching post was at Trinity College, Carmarthen. He married Eiryth Davies and had three children,[2] including Sioned Wiliam.[3]
He won the Drama Medal at the National Eisteddfod of Wales in 1972 and 1973. After becoming a freelance writer, he produced scripts for the Welsh-language children's TV programme, Wil Cwac Cwac.
He died at Penarth.
Works
Plays
Novels
- Dirgelwch y rocedi (1968)[6]
- Pluen yn fy het a Stafell Ddwbl (1970)
- Perygl o'r Sêr (1972)[7]
- Tu Hwnt i'r Mynydd Du (1975)[8]
- Chwilio Gem (1980)[6]
- Breuddwyd Rhy Bell (1995)[9]
Sources
References
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- ↑ Wiliam, U. (1971). The construction of standardised tests for Welsh-speaking children. Educational Research, 14(1), 29-36.
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- 1929 births
- 2006 deaths
- People from Barry, Vale of Glamorgan
- Alumni of Swansea University
- Alumni of the University of Liverpool
- People associated with Trinity University College
- Welsh children's writers
- Welsh-language writers
- Welsh Eisteddfod winners
- Welsh male novelists
- Welsh male dramatists and playwrights
- 20th-century Welsh novelists
- 20th-century Welsh dramatists and playwrights
- 20th-century British male writers