List of Welsh writers

List of Welsh writers is an incomplete alphabetical list of Welsh writers. This list includes writers of all genres, writing in English, Welsh, Latin, or any other language.

This is a subsidiary list to the List of Welsh people.

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A

• Dannie Abse (born 1923), poet
• Aneirin, medieval Brythonic bard, presumed author of Y Gododdin
• Asser, Bishop of Sherborne (died c. 909), author

B

• Mary Balogh (born 1944), novelist
• Meredydd Barker (born 1969), playwright and artist
• Leslie Bonnet (1902–1985), short-story writer and dramatist
• Käte Bosse-Griffiths (1910–1998), Egyptologist and author
• Geraint Bowen (1915–2011), poet
• Rhoda Broughton (1840–1920), novelist

C

• David Charles (1762–1834), hymn-writer
• Gillian Clarke (born 1937), poet and playwright
• Catrin Collier (born 1948), novelist and playwright
• Alexander Cordell (1914–1997)
• Lewys Glyn Cothi, also known as Llewelyn y Glyn (c. 1420 – c. 1490), poet and scribe
• Cynddelw Brydydd Mawr (fl. c. 1155–1200)

D

• Dafydd ap Gwilym (c. 1315/1320 – c. 1350/1370), poet
• Roald Dahl (1916–1990), author, born in Cardiff to Norwegian parents
• Andrew Davies (born 1936), author and screenwriter
• Grahame Davies (born 1964), poet and critic
• Idris Davies, (1905-1953), coal miner, teacher and poet
• John Davies (born 1938), historian
• John Davies of Mallwyd (c. 1567–1644), translator, scholar, lexicographer and antiquarian
• Rhys Davies (1901–1978), novelist and short story writer
• Russell T Davies (born 1963), television scriptwriter
• W. H. Davies (1871–1940), poet and tramp
• Amy Dillwyn (1845-1935)
• John Dyer (c. 1699–1758), poet

E

• Marion Eames (1921–2007)
• Dic Edwards, playwright
• Thomas Edwards, often known by his pen name Twm o'r Nant (1739–1810), poet and dramatist
• Islwyn Ffowc Elis (1924–2004), novelist
• A. M. Esmonde, (born 1977), novelist, film writer
• Caradoc Evans (1878–1945), short story writer and novelist
• Theophilus Evans (1693–1767), historian

F

• Ken Follett (born 1949), author
• Dick Francis (1920–2010), jockey and author

G

• Gerald of Wales (c. 1146 – c. 1223), chronicler
• Iris Gower (1935-2010), novelist
• Ann Griffiths (1776–1805), poet
• Bryn Griffiths, poet
• Niall Griffiths (born 1966), novelist and journalist
• Paul Groves
• Gwenallt (D. Gwenallt Jones, 1899–1968), poet and critic

H

• Craig Handley (born 1977)
• Myfanwy Haycock (1913–1963)
• Anna Haycraft (1932–2005), writer and essayist (half Welsh/Finnish)
• George Herbert (1593–1633), poet
• Isaac Daniel Hooson (1880–1948), poet
• Mererid Hopwood (born 1964)
• John Ceiriog Hughes (1832-1887)
• Rhys Hughes (born 1966), absurdist fiction
• Richard Hughes (1900–1976)
• Thomas Rowland Hughes (1903-1949)

I

• Iolo Goch (c. 1320 – c. 1398), poet

J

• Evan James (1809–1878), poet and lyricist
• Brian John (b 1940), novelist
• David Jones (1895–1974), poet
• Dic Jones (1934–2009), poet
• Glyn Jones (1905–1995)
• Gwyn Jones (1907–1999)
• Jack Jones (1884–1970), novelist
• Jonah Jones (1919–2004)
• Lewis Jones (1897–1939)
• William Jones (1746–1794), philologist

L

• Jon Latimer (born 1964), historian
• Alun Lewis (1915–1944), poet
• C.S. Lewis (born in Belfast, but of Welsh descent)
• David Lewis (1682-1760), poet
• Gwyneth Lewis (born 1959), poet
• Saunders Lewis (1893–1985), writer and politician
• Richard Llewellyn (1907–1983), novelist
• Llywarch Hen

M

• Arthur Machen (1863–1947), horror/fantasy writer and literary critic
• Ruth Manning-Sanders (1895–1988), poetry and children's literature
• Huw Menai (1886-1961), poet
• Jan Morris (born 1926), historian, author and travel writer
• Lewis Morris (1701–1765), antiquary and poet
• Huw Morus (1622–1709), known as Eos Ceiriog ("the nightingale of Ceiriog"), poet
• Twm Morys (born 1961)

N

• Terry Nation (1930–1997), author of Survivors, Blake's 7, and writer for the BBC sci-fi drama Doctor Who
• Thomas Evan Nicholas or Niclas y Glais (1879–1971), poet, preacher and radical
• Mavis Nicholson (born 1930), writer and TV broadcaster

O

• Daniel Owen (1836-1895), novelist
• Gary Owen (born 1972), playwright
• Goronwy Owen (1723–1769), poet

P

• Allison Pearson (born 1960), journalist and novelist
• John Cowper Powys (1872–1963), novelist, philosopher, visionary
• Caradog Prichard (1904-1980), novelist

R

• Goronwy Rees (1909-1979)
• Alastair Reynolds (born 1966), science fiction novels and short stories
• Adam Roberts (born 1965), science fiction novels and criticism
• Kate Roberts (1891-1985), short stories and novels
• Richard Owain Roberts (born 1982), short stories
• Bernice Rubens (1928–2004)
• Bertrand Russell (1872–1970)

S

• Fred Secombe (born 1918), memoirist and cleric
• Owen Sheers (1974), poet, author, playwright, actor and TV presenter
• Howard Spring (1889–1965), novelist
• Jennifer Sullivan (born 1945), children's novelist
• Peter Swales (born 1948), Freud commentator and former Rolling Stones employee

T

• Taliesin (c. 534–c. 599)
• Craig Thomas (born 1942), novelist
• Dylan Thomas (1914–1953), poet
• Edward Thomas (1878–1917), poet
• Gwyn Thomas (1913–1981), novelist
• Ifor Thomas (born 1949), performance poet^[1]
• Leslie Thomas (born 1931)
• Ronald Stuart Thomas (1913–2000), poet
• Hester Thrale (1740–1821), diarist
• Cath Tregenna
• Rachel Trezise (born 1978)
• John Tripp (1927–1986), poet

V

• Henry Vaughan (1621–1695), poet
• Robert Vaughan (c. 1592–1667), historian and translator

W

• Chris Walley (born 1954)
• Jo Walton (born 1964)
• Harri Webb (1920–1994), poet and journalist
• Ronald Welch (Ronald Oliver Felton, 1909–1982), novelist and children's writer
• Jon Manchip White (1924-2013)
• Glanmor Williams (1920–2005), historian
• Gwyn A. Williams (1925–1995), historian
• John Ellis Williams (born 1924), bilingual novelist, contributor of autobiographical works, short story writer
• Raymond Williams (1921–1988), novelist, critic, academic
• Roger Williams (born 1974)
• Waldo Williams (1904–1971), poet
• William Williams Pantycelyn (1717–1791), hymn-writer
• Eirug Wyn (1950-2004)
• Hedd Wyn (1887-1917)

References

See also

• List of Welsh language authors
• List of Welsh language poets (6th century to c.1600)
• Welsh-language literature
• Welsh literature in English