Edward Prosser Rhys

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Edward Prosser Rhys
Born(1901-03-04)4 March 1901
Trefenter, Wales
Died6 February 1945(1945-02-06) (aged 43)
Aberystwyth, Wales
Occupationjournalist, poet and publisher
Literary movementWelsh language poetry
SpouseMary Prudence Rhys (1928-1945)

Edward Prosser Rhys (4 March 1901 – 6 February 1945) was a Welsh journalist, poet and publisher.[1]

In his early life he was diagnosed with tuberculosis which would effect him throughout his life. Before going into publishing he worked as a clerk at the Western Ocean Colliery in Nant-y-moel, Ogmore Valley. He later moved to Aberystrwyth where he married Mary Prudence Rhys (née Hughes) in 1928, where they then lived for the rest of his life.[2][1]

His poem 'Atgof' (Memory) won the National Eisteddford in Pontypool in 1924. Although it was controversial due to its homosexual content.[3] The poem is extensively about sex, most often heterosexual but there is a short section about a gay experience. It has been speculated that it could be about Morris T. Williams, a close male acquaintance of Prosser Rhys who at the time was married to Kate Roberts.[4]

He formed the publisher Gwasg Aberystwyth in 1928. He also founded The Welsh Books Club in 1937, following a canvas for public interest in subscriptions of Welsh literature, where the reader would receive 4 books a year for the cost of half a crown.[1][2]

He was also editor of Baner Ac Amserau Cymru (Banner and Welsh Times) 1923–1945.[5]

On

National Eisteddfod: T. Hughes Jones (1895–1966), B. T. Hopkins (1897–1981) and J. M. Edwards (1903–1978). It is located just south of Trefenter near Llyn Eiddwen.[6][7][8] His grave also has an epitaph quote written by T. Gwynn Jones.[9]

Prosser Rhys' archives of personal papers are held at the National Library of Wales.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b c Jones, Evan David. "RHYS , EDWARD PROSSER". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. LIGC. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  2. ^ a b "BBC - Llais Aeron - Edward Prosser Rhys". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
  3. OCLC 994638129.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link
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  4. OCLC 951103103.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link
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  5. ISBN 978-1-55395-482-8
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  6. ^ "Four Welsh Poets, Mynydd Bach, Trefenter, Ceredigion, Wales - Dead Poets' Society Memorials on". Waymarking.com. 2010-12-31. Archived from the original on May 25, 2015. Retrieved 2015-05-22.
  7. ^ "Beirdd y Mynydd Bach". Placiauawduron.org. Archived from the original on May 25, 2015. Retrieved 2015-05-22.
  8. ^ "Hanes trefi a phentrefi gogledd Ceredigion (parhad)". BBC Cymru. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved 2015-05-24.
  9. ^ "Rhys Edward Prosser, Aberystwyth 2013". www.welshruins.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
  10. ^ The National Archives. "Records for Rhys, Edward Prosser, (1901-1945), Editor and Poet". discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
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