Roland Mathias
Roland Glyn Mathias | |
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Born | 4 September 1915 |
Died | 16 August 2007 | (aged 91)
Occupation | Poet, Short story writer |
Roland Glyn Mathias (4 September 1915 โ 16 August 2007)David Jones, Vernon Watkins and John Cowper Powys, and Anglo-Welsh Poetry 1480-1980 with Raymond Garlick.
Early life
Mathias was born at
pacifist, and was twice gaoled in World War II as a conscientious objector. His career was in teaching, in Wales and elsewhere in the UK, notably serving as Headmaster of King Edward VI Five Ways School, Bartley Green, Birmingham from 1964 to 1969. He retired to Brecon
in 1969 and died in 2007; buried at Aber Chapel on the outskirts of Talybont on Usk.
His son, Jonathan Glyn Mathias, known as Glyn Mathias, is a well known political correspondent.
Honours and awards
The Roland Mathias Prize, a literary award, is administered by the Brecknock Society and Museum Friends and is named in his honour.[2]
There are collections of manuscripts and correspondence of Roland Mathias and of The Anglo-Welsh Review in the National Library of Wales.[3]
References
- ^ Sam Adams (17 October 2007). "Roland Mathias". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
- ^ Brecknock Society: Roland Mathias Prize
- ^ Archives Wales: National Library of Wales Roland Mathias Papers and Anglo-Welsh Review Archive
Publications
- Roland Mathias (1995) by Sam Adams
- The Collected Poems of Roland Mathias (2002) (ed. Sam Adams)
- The Collected Short Stories of Roland Mathias (2001) (ed. Sam Adams
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