Owen Wynne Jones
Owen Wynne Jones | |
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Tywyn, Gwynedd , Wales | |
Pen name | Glasynys |
Owen Wynne Jones (4 March 1828 – 4 April 1870), often known by his bardic name of Glasynys, was a Welsh clergyman, folklorist, poet, novelist and short-story writer.
Life
Owen Wynne Jones was born at a house called Ty'n-y-ffrwd, in the village of
In 1860 he was ordained as an Anglican clergyman, and worked as a deacon in Llangristiolus and Llanfaethlu on Anglesey. Then he moved to Pontlotyn in Monmouthshire, and later to Newport, where he co-edited he periodical Y Glorian with William Thomas (Islwyn). He left the periodical, moved to Porthmadog, Llŷn where he married, and settled in Tywyn, where he died at the age of forty-two.
Work
Owen Wynne Jones wrote poetry, collected in Fy Oriau Hamddenol (1854),[2] Lleucu Llwyd (1858) and Yr Wyddfa (1877), historical novels including Dafydd Llwyd, neu Dyddiau Cromwel, articles and letters which were published in Y Brython, Baner y Groes, Y Geninen and Yr Herald Gymraeg, and short stories, retelling folk tales and describing folk customs, which appeared in the anthology, Cymru Fu (1862).
Critical reception
An essay, 'Welsh Fairy Tales' (1900) by
Works
- Fy Oriau Hamddenol (1854)
- Lleucu Llwyd (1858)
- Yr Wyddfa (1877)
- Dafydd Llwyd (1857)
- Dafydd Gruffydd, pa beth wyt ti yn ei feddwl o'r Ddwy Fil a'r dydd hwnnw? (1894)
References
- ^ David Gwenallt Jones (1959). "Jones, Owen Wynne(Glasynys; 1828-1870), cleric, antiquary, story-writer, and poet". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
- ISBN 9780192115867.
Sources
- Owen Wynne Jones, Hallowe'en in the Cwm: The stories of Glasynys. Edited and translated by Rob Mimpriss. Cockatrice Books, 2017. ISBN 1912368145.
- Owen Wynne Jones, Straeon Glasynys. Edited by Saunders Lewis. Denbigh: Y Clwb Llyfrau Cymreig, 1943.
- John Rhys, 'Welsh Fairy Tales.' Y Cymmrodor. 5.1 (1882).
- Kate Roberts, Dau Lenor o Ochr Moeltryfan. Caernarfon: Llyfrgell Sir Caernarfon, 1970.
- Meic Stephens (ed), The Oxford Companion to the Literature of Wales. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1986.