D. J. Williams

D. J. Williams (David John Williams) (1885–1970) was one of the foremost Welsh-language writers of the twentieth-century. He was also a prominent Welsh nationalist.

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1885 - 1970 - Welsh-language

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Williams was born in Rhydcymerau, Carmarthenshire. He studied English at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth and Jesus College, Oxford. For most of his life he taught English at the grammar school in Fishguard, Pembrokeshire.

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Carmarthenshire - English - University College of Wales, Aberystwyth - Jesus College, Oxford - Grammar school - Fishguard - Pembrokeshire

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A socialist, he was one of the founders of Plaid Cymru, the Welsh National Party, in 1925. He took part, with Saunders Lewis and Lewis Valentine, in the symbolic burning of a bombing school at Penyberth in north-west Wales in 1936. As a result he spent nine months in Wormwood Scrubs prison.

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Socialist - Plaid Cymru - 1925 - Saunders Lewis - Lewis Valentine - Penyberth - Wales - 1936 - Wormwood Scrubs

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Williams was a short story writer of renown and also the author of two volumes of autobiography. All is work is inspired by his vision of his native locality, of a close-knit community where common values give worth to all.

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Short story - Autobiography - Community

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He died in 1970 at Rhydcymerau, Carmarthenshire.

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1970 - Carmarthenshire

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