Siân James (novelist)
Siân James (born 1932) is a Welsh novelist, academic and translator, who writes in English.
Birth and academic posts
James, born near Llandysul in Carmarthenshire, attended the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. She is a Fellow of the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, has been awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Glamorgan, and is a Fellow of the Welsh Academy.
Writing career
Siân James has twice won the Yorkshire Post Prize. Her third novel, A Small Country, has come to be regarded as a classic of Anglo-Welsh literature.[1][2] In 2006, A Small Country was adapted as a Welsh-language TV series, Calon Gaeth, which won the 2007 Bafta Cymru award for Best Drama/Drama Serial for Television.[3] James translated Kate Roberts's novel Y Byw Sy'n Cysgu into English as The Awakening.[4]
Family
In 1958 Siân James married the actor, Emrys James.[5] They lived for a time near Stratford-upon-Avon, where he worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company. Their four children were William, Owen, Jo and Anna.[6] Emrys James died in 1989.
Works
- One Afternoon (1975)
- Yesterday (1978)
- A Small Country (1979)
- Another Beginning (1979)
- Dragons and Roses (1983)
- A Dangerous Time (1984)
- Love and War (1994)
- Storm at Arberth (1994)
- Not Singing Exactly (collected short stories, 1996)
- Two Loves (1997)
- The Sky Over Wales (memoir, 1997)
- Summer Storm (1998)
- Second Chance (2000)
- Outside Paradise (short stories, 2001)
- Summer Shadows (2004)
- Return to Hendre Ddu (2009)
References
- ^ Meic Stephens, A Book of Wales: an Anthology (J. M. Dent, 1987)
- ^ Tony Curtis, Wales at War: Critical Essays on Literature and Art (Seren, 2007)
- ^ Bafta Cymru
- ^ "The Awakening". Seren. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
- ^ Parthian Books
- ^ Jones, Catherine (30 November 2001). "A long life in words". Western Mail. Cardiff: Western Mail and Echo Ltd: 13.
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