Lleucu Roberts Explained

Lleucu Roberts
Birth Date:27 September 1964
Birth Place:Aberystwyth, Wales
Education:Aberystwyth University
Language:Welsh and English
Genre:Children's literature
Notable Works:Stuff Guto S Thomas
Well, Little Wales!
Some Kind of Insult
Awards:Tir na n-Og Award (2011)

Lleucu Roberts (born 27 September 1964) is a Welsh author.

Biography

Born in Aberystwyth, she grew up in Ceredigion's Bow Street, taking courses at Rhydypennau Primary School, Penweddig Comprehensive School, and Aberystwyth University.

In 2011 she won a Tir na n-Og Award for her novel Stuff Guto S Thomas.[1] She went on to win the Daniel Owen Memorial Prize and the Prose Medal at the Carmarthenshire National Eisteddfod 2014, becoming the first person to win the two main prose prizes in the same year.[2] [3] Roberts also writes radio and television scripts.[4]

Her works include Songs of Peace (1991), Turning a Deaf Ear (2005), Dear Little Spot (2008),[5] The Girl on the Road (2009), Stuff- Guto S. Tomos (2010), Well, Little Wales! (2011) and Some Kind of Insult (2012). She currently lives in Rhostryfan, Gwynedd, with her husband and two daughters and sons.[6] [7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The 2011 Tir na n-Og Awards - Welsh Books Council. www.cllc.org.uk.
  2. Web site: Lleucu Roberts wins the 'double' National Eisteddfod. eisteddfod.wales. 2019-08-19.
  3. Web site: LOOK: National Eisteddfod 2014: Writer Lleucu Roberts revisits novel to win literature prize. Eryl. Crump. August 6, 2014. Daily Post (North Wales).
  4. Web site: Author Meic Povey's last two works to be seen on stage and screen. Eryl. Crump. October 7, 2018. Daily Post.
  5. Web site: How writers of endangered languages are embracing sci-fi . Boston Globe.
  6. Web site: Lleucu Roberts: Biography and Bibliography Y Lolfa. www.ylolfa.com. 2019-08-19.
  7. Web site: Y 'dybl' i Lleucu Roberts Eisteddfod Genedlaethol. eisteddfod.cymru. 2019-08-19.