R. Silyn Roberts
R. Silyn Roberts | |
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 Silyn Roberts, c. 1890 | |
| Born | Robert Roberts 28 March 1871 Llanllyfni, Wales |
| Died | 15 August 1930 (aged 59) Bangor, Wales |
| Nationality | Welsh |
| Period | 20th century |
Robert "Silyn" Roberts (28 March 1871 – 15 August 1930) was a Welsh clergyman, writer, teacher and pacifist.
History
Roberts, a
University College of North Wales, Bangor, and Bala Theological College. From 1901 until 1912 he was a Calvinistic Methodist minister, firstly in Lewisham, London, and then in Tanygrisiau
, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Merionethshire.
While living in London in the early 1900s Roberts met and befriended Vladimir Lenin.[2]
A
Workers Educational Association in North Wales. He also supported the campaign against tuberculosis in Wales.[3]
Works
Poetry
- Telynegion (1900)
- Trystan ac Esyllt a Chaniadau Eraill (1904)
Fiction
- Llio Plas y Nos (1945) (first published in serial form in 1906)[4]
Non-fiction
- Y Blaid Lafur Anibynnol, ei Hanes a'i Hamcan (1908)
Translations
- Gwyntoedd Croesion (translation of Cross Currents by J. O. Francis; Educational Pub. Co., 1924)
- Bugail Geifr Lorraine (translation of Le chevrier de Lorraine by Émile Souvestre; Hughes a'i Fab, 1925)
Sources
- ISBN 978-1-84384-140-1.
- ^ Silyn (Robert Silyn Roberts) 1871–1930 by David Thomas, Gwasg y Brython, 1956.
- ^ Thomas, David. "Roberts, Robert (Silyn)". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
- ^ Roberts, R Alun (Spring 1946). "Llio Plas y Nos". Lleufer cylchgrawn Cymdeithas Addysg y Gweithwyr yng Nghymru (in Welsh). 2 (1): 24–27.
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