List of Welsh writers

List of Welsh writers is an incomplete alphabetical list of Welsh writers. This list includes writers of all genres, writing in English, Welsh, Latin, or any other language.

This is a subsidiary list to the List of Welsh people.

Main articles: Literature of Wales (English language) and Literature of Wales (Welsh language)

See also Category:Welsh writers

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A

• Dannie Abse (born 1923) poet and writer
• Martin Amis (born 1949) novelist
• Aneirin, medieval epic poet
• Asser, Bishop of Sherborne (died c. 909), author

B

• Mary Balogh, (born 1944), novelist
• Meredydd Barker (born 1969), Playwright and artist
• Käte Bosse-Griffiths (1910–1998), Egyptologist and author
• Leslie Bonnet (1902–1985), Short story writer and dramatist
• Geraint Bowen (1915–2011), poet
• Rhoda Broughton (1840–1920), novelist

C

• David Charles (1762–1834), hymn-writer
• Gillian Clarke (born 1915), poet and playwright
• Alexander Cordell (1914–1997)
• Lewys Glyn Cothi, also known as Llewelyn y Glyn, (c. 1420 – c. 1490), poet and scribe
• Cynddelw Brydydd Mawr

D

• Dafydd ap Gwilym (c. 1315/1320 – c. 1350/1370), poet
• Roald Dahl (1916–1990), author - born in Cardiff to Norwegian parents
• Andrew Davies, (born 1936), author and screenwriter
• Grahame Davies (born 1964), poet and critic
• Idris Davies coal miner, teacher and poet
• John Davies (born 1938), historian
• John Davies of Mallwyd (c. 1567 – 1644), translator, scholar, lexicographer and antiquarian
• Rhys Davies (1901–1978), novelist and short story writer
• Russell T Davies, (born 1963), television scriptwriter
• W. H. Davies, (1871–1940), poet and tramp
• John Dyer (c. 1699 – 1758), poet

E

• Marion Eames (1921–2007)
• Dic Edwards, playwright
• Thomas Edwards, often known by his pen name Twm o'r Nant (1739–1810), poet and dramatist
• Islwyn Ffowc Elis (1924–2004), novelist
• Caradoc Evans (1878–1945), short story writer and novelist
• Theophilus Evans (1693–1767), historian

F

• Dick Francis (1920–2010), jockey and author
• Ken Follett (born 1949), author

G

• Gerald of Wales (c. 1146 – c. 1223), chronicler
• Iris Gower, novelist
• Ann Griffiths (1776–1805), poet
• Bryn Griffiths, Welsh Poet
• Niall Griffiths (born 1966) Novelist and journalist
• Gwenallt (D. Gwenallt Jones, 1899–1968), poet and critic

H

• Craig Handley
• Myfanwy Haycock
• Anna Haycraft (1932–2005), writer and essayist (half Welsh/Finnish)
• George Herbert (1593–1633), poet
• Isaac Daniel Hooson (1880–1948), poet
• Mererid Hopwood
• John Ceiriog Hughes
• Rhys Hughes (1966–present) absurdist fiction
• Richard Hughes (1900–1976)
• Thomas Rowland Hughes

I

• Iolo Goch (c. 1320 – c. 1398), poet

J

• Evan James (1809–1878), poet and lyricist
• David Jones (1895–1974), poet
• Dic Jones (1934–2009), poet
• Glyn Jones (1905–1995)
• Gwyn Jones (1907–1999)
• Jack Jones (1884–1970), novelist
• Jonah Jones (1919–2004)
• Lewis Jones (1897–1939)
• William Jones (1746–1794), philologist

L

• Jon Latimer (born 1964), historian
• C.S. Lewis (born in Belfast, but of Welsh descent)
• Alun Lewis (1915–1944), poet
• Gwyneth Lewis (born 1959), poet
• Saunders Lewis (1893–1985), writer and politician
• Eric Linklater (1899–1974), novelist (who falsely claimed Orcadian birth)
• Richard Llewellyn (1907–1983), novelist
• Llywarch Hen

M

• Arthur Machen, (1863–1947), horror/fantasy writer and literary critic.
• Ruth Manning-Sanders (1895–1988), poetry and children's literature
• Huw Menai
• Jan Morris (born 1926), historian, author and travel writer
• Lewis Morris (1701–1765), antiquary and poet
• Huw Morus (1622–1709), known as Eos Ceiriog ("the nightingale of Ceiriog"), poet
• Twm Morys (born 1961), poet

N

• Thomas Evan Nicholas or Niclas y Glais (1879–1971), poet, preacher and radical
• Terry Nation (1930–1997), author of Survivors, Blake's 7, and writer for the BBC sci-fi drama Doctor Who

O

• Daniel Owen, novelist
• Gary Owen, playwright
• Goronwy Owen (1723–1769), poet

P

• Allison Pearson (born 1960), journalist and novelist
• Caradog Prichard, novelist
• John Cowper Powys (1872–1963) Novelist, philosopher, visionary.

R

• Alastair Reynolds (1966–present) science fiction novels and short stories
• Adam Roberts (1965–present) science fiction novels and criticism
• Bernice Rubens (1928–2004)
• Bertrand Russell (1872–1970)

S

• Owen Sheers (1974), poet, author, playwright, actor and TV presenter
• Howard Spring (1889–1965), novelist
• Jennifer Sullivan 1945-, children's novelist
• Peter Swales (historian), Freud commentator and former Rolling Stones employee

T

• Taliesin (c. 534–c. 599)
• Craig Thomas (born 1942) , novelist
• Dylan Thomas (1914–1953), poet
• Edward Thomas (1878–1917), poet
• Gwyn Thomas (1913–1981), novelist
• Leslie Thomas (born 1931)
• Ronald Stuart Thomas (1913–2000), poet
• Hester Thrale (1740–1821), diarist
• Cath Tregenna
• Rachel Trezise (born 1978)
• John Tripp (1927–1986), poet

V

• Henry Vaughan (1621–1695), poet
• Robert Vaughan (c. 1592 – 1667), historian and translator

W

• Jo Walton
• Harri Webb (1920–1994), poet and journalist
• Jon Manchip White
• Glanmor Williams (1920–2005), historian
• Gwyn A. Williams (1925–1995), historian
• John Ellis Williams (born 1924), bilingual novelist, contributor of autobiographical works, short story writer
• Raymond Williams (1921–1988), novelist, critic, academic
• Roger Williams (born 1974)
• Waldo Williams (1904–1971), poet
• William Williams Pantycelyn (1717–1791), hymn-writer
• Eirug Wyn
• Hedd Wyn
• Chris Walley

See also

• List of Welsh language authors
• List of Welsh language poets (6th century to c.1600)
• Welsh-language literature
• Welsh literature in English