Lleucu Roberts
Lleucu Roberts | |
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| Born | 27 September 1964 Aberystwyth, Wales |
| Language | Welsh and English |
| Education | Aberystwyth University |
| Genre | Children's literature |
| Notable works | Stuff Guto S Thomas Well, Little Wales! Some Kind of Insult |
| Notable awards | Tir na n-Og Award (2011) |
Lleucu Roberts (born 27 September 1964) is a Welsh author.
Biography
Born in Aberystwyth, she grew up in Ceredigion's Bow Street, taking courses at Rhydypennau Primary School, Penweddig Comprehensive School, and Aberystwyth University.
In 2011 she won a
Daniel Owen Memorial Prize and the Prose Medal at the Carmarthenshire National Eisteddfod 2014, becoming the first person to win the two main prose prizes in the same year.[2][3] Roberts also writes radio and television scripts.[4]
Her works include Songs of Peace (1991), Turning a Deaf Ear (2005), Dear Little Spot (2008),[5] The Girl on the Road (2009), Stuff- Guto S. Tomos (2010), Well, Little Wales! (2011) and Some Kind of Insult (2012). She currently lives in Rhostryfan, Gwynedd, with her husband and two daughters and sons.[6][7]
References
- ^ "The 2011 Tir na n-Og Awards - Welsh Books Council". www.cllc.org.uk.
- ^ "Lleucu Roberts wins the 'double' | National Eisteddfod". eisteddfod.wales. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
- ^ Crump, Eryl (6 August 2014). "LOOK: National Eisteddfod 2014: Writer Lleucu Roberts revisits novel to win literature prize". Daily Post (North Wales).
- ^ Crump, Eryl (7 October 2018). "Author Meic Povey's last two works to be seen on stage and screen". Daily Post.
- Boston Globe.
- ^ "Lleucu Roberts: Biography and Bibliography | Y Lolfa". www.ylolfa.com. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
- ^ "Y 'dybl' i Lleucu Roberts | Eisteddfod Genedlaethol". eisteddfod.cymru. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
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