Caradog prichard biography of william

Caradog Prichard (3 November 1904 – 25 February 1980) was a Welsh poet and novelist writing in Welsh.^[1] His daughter, Mari Prichard, was married to the late Humphrey Carpenter.

Caradog Prichard - Wikipedia

Caradog Prichard was born and grew up in the Gwynedd slate-quarrying town of Bethesda, in north-west Wales. His father died when he was a baby, and his mother suffered from mental illness.^[2] Prichard began his career as a journalist with Welsh language newspapers in Caernarfon, Llanrwst and Cardiff, before moving to London, where he spent much of his life.

Un Nos Ola Leuad

His best-known work is Un Nos Ola Leuad (1961), set in a mythologically subversive version of his native area.^[3] The novel was made into a film in 1991 by the Gaucho Company.

Translations of the novel

• Full Moon 1973 (English) partial translation by Menna Gallie (translated from Prichard's Welsh)
• Une nuit de pleine lune 1990 (French) (translated from Prichard's Welsh)
• On Welsh Icons - Caradog Prichard KYZY