Gwenlyn Parry
William Gwenlyn Parry (8 June 1932 – 5 November 1991) was a Welsh dramatist,[1] the author of several plays in Welsh, including Saer Doliau (1966), Ty ar y Tywod (1968), Y Ffin (1973), Panto, Sal and Y Tŵr (1978).
Early life
Parry was born in the Welsh slate-quarrying village of
Bethesda, Wales
.
Drama
Parry joined
BBC Wales in 1966 and helped to establish the scripts department, where he worked on Welsh programmes such as Pobol y Cwm.[1] He also has writing credits for the TV play Grand Slam and the feature film Un Nos 'Ola Leuad (based on the book by Caradog Prichard
).
Parry's early work has been called
Family
Parry was married twice, first to Joy and then to Ann Beynon. He had two daughters from his first marriage and a son and a daughter from his second. He died in the Cardiff area of South Wales in 1991. He is buried in Macpela, Penygroes, Gwynedd.
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-7083-1953-6.
- ISBN 9780708326626
- ^ In Welsh Retrieved 2 May 2017.
External links
- Gwenlyn Parry at IMDb
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