List of Welsh writers explained
This list of Welsh writers is an incomplete alphabetical list of writers from Wales.
It includes writers in all literary genres, writing in English, Welsh, Latin, or any other language, who have a Wikipedia page. Description as a writer precedes other occupations. It is a subsidiary to the List of Welsh people. See also List of Welsh-language authors, List of Welsh women writers and List of Welsh-language poets (6th century to c. 1600). Abbreviations: c. = about, fl. = active; B = writing in Brythonic, C = writing in Chinese, E = writing in English (including Middle English), F = writing in French, G = writing in German, L = writing in Latin, sl = writing in sign language, W = writing in Welsh (including Middle Welsh).
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- Angharad James (1677–1749, W), poet and harpist
- Bill James (James Tucker, born 1929, E), novelist
- Christine James (living, W), poet and academic
- Daniel James (Gwyrosydd, 1848–1920, W), poet and hymnist
- Edward James (c. 1569 – c. 1610, W), translator and priest
- Evan James (Euan ap Iago, 1809–1878, W), poet and lyricist
- Henry James (1864–1949, W), religious writer and dean
- Maria James (1793–1868, E), poet
- Siân James (1930–2021, E), novelist
- Marguerite Florence Laura Jarvis (Oliver Sandys, 1886–1964, E), novelist and actress
- David Jenkins (1912–2002, EW), non-fiction writer and librarian
- John Jenkins (Gwili, 1872–1936, W), poet and theologian
- Joseph Jenkins (1818–1898, EW), diarist and poet
- Mike Jenkins (born 1953, E), poet and fiction writer
- Nigel Jenkins (1949–2014, E), poet and non-fiction writer
- Robert Thomas Jenkins (1881–1969, EW), historian and academic
- John Thomas Job (1867–1938, W), hymnist, poet and minister
- Brian John (born 1940, E), novelist and non-fiction writer
- Godfrey John (living, E), poet and essayist
- Griffith John (1831–1912, CE), translator and evangelist
- Alice Gray Jones (1852–1943, W), writer and editor
- Bedwyr Lewis Jones (1933–1992, EW), scholar, critic and linguist
- Bobi Jones (Robert Maynard Jones, 1929–2017, W), writer and academic
- Cynan Jones (born 1975, E), novelist
- D. Gwenallt Jones (1899–1968, W), poet, critic and scholar
- Dafydd Jones (Dewi Dywyll, 1803–1868, W), balladeer
- David Jones (1765–1816, E), religious writer and barrister
- David Jones (1895–1974, E), poet and painter
- Dic Jones (1934–2009, W), poet
- Eifion Jones (1925–2004, E), science writer and marine biologist
- Elwyn Jones (1923–1982, E), television screenwriter and novelist
- Ernest Jones (1879–1958, E), biographer and psychoanalyst
- Glyn Jones (1905–1995, E), novelist, poet and literary historian
- Griffith Jones (1684–1761, EW), religious writer and promoter of literacy
- Gwilym R. Jones (1903–1993, W), editor and poet
- Gwyn Jones (1907–1999, E), novelist and translator
- Harri Pritchard Jones (1933–2015, EW), poet, critic and psychiatrist
- Harry Longueville Jones (1806–1870, E), archaeologist and schools inspector
- Idwal Jones (1887–1964, E), novelist and non-fiction writer
- Jack Jones (1884–1970, E), novelist
- Jack Jones (born 1992, E), poet and singer
- John Jones (Jac Glan-y-gors, 1766–1821, W), satirical poet and pamphleteer
- John Chris Jones (born 1927, E), designer and writer on design
- John Hugh Jones (1843–1910, W), translator and priest
- John Robert Jones (1911–1970, EW), philosopher
- Jonah Jones (1919–2004, E), writer and sculptor
- Lewis Jones (1836–1904, W), writer and settler in Patagonia
- Lewis Jones (1897–1939, EW), writer and left-wing activist
- Mary Vaughan Jones (1918–1983, W), children's writer and educator
- Maurice Jones (1863–1957, W), bard, cleric and academic
- Owen Jones (1741–1814, EW), antiquary
- Owen Jones (1838–1866), school teacher and writer
- Owen Wynne Jones (Glasynys, 1828–1870, W), writer, schoolteacher and cleric
- Patrick Jones (born 1965, E), poet and playwright
- Steve Jones (born 1944, E), science writer and geneticist
- T. Gwynn Jones (1871–1949, EW), poet, novelist and translator
- T. James Jones (born 1934, W), poet and dramatist
- T. Llew Jones (1915–2009, W), poet and children's writer
- Terry Jones (1942–2020, E), writer, screenwriter and film-maker
- Thomas Jones (1756–1820, EW), writer, poet and minister
- William Jones (1746–1794, E), philologist
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