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Gareth F. Williams
Birth Name:Gareth Finlay Williams
Birth Date:9 February 1955
Birth Place:Porthmadog
Occupation:Novelist, screenwriter
Pseudonym:Gareth F. Williams

Gareth Finlay Williams (9 February 1955 – 14 September 2016) was a Welsh language author who wrote novels for children and adults, as well as creating many television drama series.

Life

Williams was born in Porthmadog, as the son of Hugh Finley and Menna Williams.[1]

He worked for two years in the Cob Records shop in Porthmadog between 1973 and 1975. He worked as a teacher of Welsh at Ysgol Rhiwabon between 1979 and 1985. He lived in Silverston, Vale of Glamorgan, before settling in Beddau near Pontypridd.

Williams was one of the three panelists for the Daniel Owen Memorial Prize at the National Eisteddfod of Monmouth in August 2016. He had been battling cancer and the day after awarding the prize in the Abergavenny Eisteddfod he was informed that he was not improving. He died at the age of 61 at his home in Graves, leaving his wife Rachel.[2]

In 2018, two years after his death, he was awarded the Mary Vaughan Jones Award for his outstanding contribution to the field of children's literature. The trophy was presented to his family at a special ceremony in Portmeirion on 18 October 2018.[3]

Career

Williams won awards at the Tir na n-Og Award event six times in the Welsh language book categories. His book Awst yn Anogia, (August in Anogia) set on Crete during the Second World War, won an award as the best Welsh language book of the year at the 2015 Wales Book of the Year Awards. Williams had read about Anogeia after a holiday in Crete.[4] [5] In 2016, he was a judge for the literary awards prize at the 2016 National Eisteddfod of Wales.[6] [7] Williams also wrote and produced Welsh language television programmes for S4C, including , Pen Tennyn, Rownd a Rownd, Sion a Siân, and Lan a Lawr.[8] [9]

Books

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Click here to view the tribute page for Gareth F WILLIAMS. 2020-06-02. funeral-notices.co.uk. en.
  2. News: 2016-09-14. Yr awdur Gareth F Williams wedi marw. cy. BBC Cymru Fyw. 2020-06-02.
  3. Web site: 2018-09-17. Rhoi Tlws Mary Vaughan Jones i'r diweddar Gareth F Williams. 2020-06-02. Golwg360. cy.
  4. News: Gareth Williams' powerful novel wins Wales Book of the Year Award 2015. Crump. Eryl. North Wales Daily Post. 5 June 2015. 25 September 2016.
  5. News: Wales Book of the Year 2015: Patrick McGuinness' childhood memoir carries off top prize. Devine. Darren. Wales Online. 4 June 2015. 25 September 2016.
  6. News: Guto wins medal for 'excellent' novel. Cambrian News. 3 August 2016. 25 September 2016.
  7. News: Guto Dafydd wins the 2016 Daniel Owen Memorial Medal at National Eisteddfod. Abergavenny Chronicle. 2 August 2016. 25 September 2016.
  8. News: 14 September 2016. S4C Director Of Content Pays Tribute To An "Instinctive Author And Storyteller". S4C. 25 September 2016. Public Now.
  9. Web site: New drama for the New Year on S4C. S4C. 25 September 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160927092654/http://www.s4c.cymru/en/drama/lan-a-lawr/. 27 September 2016. dead.

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