Urien Wiliam
{{Short description|Welsh novelist and dramatist (1929–2006)}}
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Urien Wiliam (7 November 1929 – 21 October 2006) was a Welsh language novelist and dramatist.
Wiliam was born in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, the son of Professor Stephen J. Williams, an academic at Swansea University. He became an expert in the grammar of Welsh, and studied the language at Swansea University, before undertaking a doctorate in psychology at Liverpool University in which he translated the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children into Welsh, and produced norms for Welsh-speaking children.Wiliam, U. (1971). The construction of standardised tests for Welsh-speaking children. Educational Research, 14(1), 29-36.
His first teaching post was at Trinity College, Carmarthen. He married Eiryth Davies and had three children,{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/urien-wiliam-421615.html|title=Urien Wiliam|date=26 October 2006|author=Meic Stephens|author-link=Meic Stephens|website=The Independent|access-date=26 July 2019}} including Sioned Wiliam.{{cite web|url=https://poblcaerdydd.com/clebran-da-sioned-wiliam/|title=Clebran 'da… Sioned Wiliam|date=10 November 2015|language=cy|website=Pobl Caerdydd|access-date=26 July 2019}}
He won the Drama Medal at the National Eisteddfod of Wales in 1972 and 1973. After becoming a freelance writer, he produced scripts for the Welsh-language children's TV programme, Wil Cwac Cwac.
He died at Penarth.
Works
=Plays=
- Cawl Cennin (1969){{cite book|author=Meic Stephens|title=Necrologies: A Book of Welsh Obituaries|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XUIqAQAAMAAJ|year=2008|publisher=Seren|isbn=978-1-85411-476-1|page=218}}
- Y Ffin (1970){{cite book|title=Bwletin Y Bwrdd Gwybodau Celtaidd|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GoNnAAAAMAAJ|year=1982|publisher=University of Wales Press|page=109}}
- Y Llyw Olaf (1972)
- Y Pypedau (1973)
=Novels=
- Dirgelwch y rocedi (1968){{cite book|author=Meic Stephens|title=Cydymaith i lenyddiaeth Cymru|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Yy1KAAAAYAAJ|year=1986|publisher=Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru|language=cy|isbn=978-0-7083-0915-5|page=618}}
- Pluen yn fy het a Stafell Ddwbl (1970)
- Perygl o'r Sêr (1972){{cite book|title=Bibliotheca Celtica|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ArTfAAAAMAAJ|year=1976|publisher=The Library|page=385| isbn=9780901833792 }}
- Tu Hwnt i'r Mynydd Du (1975){{cite book|title=World Literature Today|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RccaAAAAMAAJ|year=1977|publisher=University of Oklahoma Press|page=487}}
- Chwilio Gem (1980)
- Breuddwyd Rhy Bell (1995){{cite book|title=Bibliotheca Celtica|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NqEmAQAAIAAJ|year=1999|publisher=The Library|page=606}}
Sources
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20061104235936/http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article1930108.ece Obituary]
References
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{{Portal |Children's literature}}
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Category:People from Barry, Vale of Glamorgan
Category:Alumni of Swansea University
Category:Alumni of the University of Liverpool
Category:People associated with Trinity University College
Category:Welsh children's writers
Category:Welsh-language writers
Category:Welsh Eisteddfod winners
Category:Welsh male dramatists and playwrights
Category:20th-century Welsh novelists