Owain Owain
Owain Owain was a Welsh novelist, short-story writer and poet. He also founded Tafod y Ddraig, which became the Welsh Language Society's main voice from its inception in the 1960s to the present day.
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- Pwllheli
- Educated at
- Bangor University
- Awards
- 🏆 Wales Book of the Year
Trending & Selected Quotes
Trending topics shown first"Let the language which is on the tongues of our children be treated by our people with that reverence, that love and that care which civilized communities bestow on the most precious of their national…"
"It is only the right of conquest which gives the Crown of England any illusion of sovereignty over Wales and the north of Ireland."
"Let government legislate so as to restore to the Welsh speaker that most elementary of human rights - the right to use one's own language in one's own country on all occasions; without this, there can…"
"Not one single action you voluntarily make - in body or soul - stays within itself. It lasts forever. A full-stop can't be placed at the end, for there is no end."
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Timeline
1929
Born
Birth1993
Died
Death
Family & Connections
- children:
- Robin Llwyd ab Owain
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