Английская Википедия:Elena Puw Morgan

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use British English Шаблон:Infobox person Elena Puw Morgan (1900–1973, née Davies) was a Welsh writer. She became the first woman to win the Literary Medal at the National Eisteddfod, with the novel Y Graith (The Scar) in 1938. In addition to novels for an adult audience, Morgan published Welsh-language children's books.

Early life

Elena Puw Davies was born in 1900, the daughter of Lewis Davies and Kate Davies. Her father was a minister at the town's Independent chapel. She lived her life in Corwen in Wales.[1]

Career

Morgan won the Literary Medal at the National Eisteddfod in Cardiff in 1938, for her short novel Y Graith,[2] as the first woman to be given this honour.[3] Y Graith's heroine struggles with cruelty and poverty at the start of the 20th century.[4] Another novel by Morgan, Y Wisg Sidan (The Silk Gown), was voted Best Welsh Book of 1939 by readers of the Western Mail.[5]

Morgan produced some children's books in Welsh in the 1930s,[6] including Angel y Llongau Hedd (1931) and Tan y Castell (1939). She also wrote stories for the magazine Cymru'r Plant.[1][7]

Two of Morgan's novels, Y Wisg Sidan and Y Graith, were adapted for television. Y Graith was updated by her daughter Catrin Puw Davies and republished in 2000.[4] Another novel, Nansi Lovell: Hunangofiant Hen Sipsi, about a Welsh Romani girl, was republished by Honno Press in 2018.[8]

Personal life and legacy

Elena Puw Davies married a tailor and poet, John Morgan of Llangadfan, in 1931.[1] The Morgans were friends with John Cowper Powys in Corwen.[9]

Elena Puw Morgan died in 1973. Her granddaughters are Prof. Angharad Puw Davies and Prof. Mererid Puw Davies.[10][11] She was featured in a display at the Corwen Museum in 2020.[12] Morgan's letters are in various collections at the National Library of Wales.[13][14][15]

Selected bibliography

  • Angel y Llongau Hedd (1931)
  • Nansi Lovell: Hunangofiant Hen Sipsi (1934)[16]
  • Y Graith (1938)[4]
  • Y Wisg Sidan (1939)
  • Tan y Castell (1939)

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  13. ↑ File 1169-75 – Elena Puw Morgan, Annedd Wen, Corwen; Evan Roberts Papers, National Library of Wales.
  14. ↑ File: A/2548, Elena Puw Morgan; E. Morgan Humphreys Papers, National Library of Wales.
  15. ↑ File A/3195 – Letter from Elena Puw Morgan, Annedd Wen, Corwen, Mer., re Trefin and Mrs Fraser's illnesses; Maxwell Fraser Papers, National Library of Wales.
  16. ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
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