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Necrologies: A Book of Welsh Obituaries

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Perhaps nothing captures the zeitgeist of a person or their society than their obituary. Necrologies – as the French call them – is a gathering of sixty obituaries written by Meic Stephens for The Independent of "writers, historians, artists, broadcasters, political activists, cultural mandarins, educationalists and cranks" which holds up a mirror to Wales's (and in some ways Britain's) cultural life.

Recognised as one of the most trenchant commentators in Wales, Stephens' embracing knowledge of Wales in both languages provides a broad context in which to place his subjects and analyse their significance to their country.

Celebration, assessment, occasional vilification, the obituary is read by the knowledgeable and the inquisitive, the expert and – dare we say it – the nosey. As such it is a unique writing form, which Necrologies brings into the mainstream of book publishing. Stephens includes an Introduction to the purpose and art of the obituary, the writing of which is now taught as part of journalism courses at most UK universities. His subjects include: Alexander Cordell, Susan Williams-Ellis, Kyffin Williams, Gwynfor Evans, Gwyn Alf Williams, and David Tinker.

Meic Stephens, was born at Treforest, near Pontypridd, in 1938. Educated at University College, Aberystwyth, he was a French teacher and journalist before becoming Literature Director of the Welsh Arts Council in 1967. He founded Poetry Wales in 1965 and edited the magazine for eight years. A poet and editor of numerous books, he has become a university lecturer and a literary agent since retiring from the Arts Council. He is the editor of the Oxford Companion to the Literature of Wales (1986) and A Rhondda Anthology (1993), and translator of Gwynfor Evans' autobiography (1996).



About the Author :
Meic Stephens is a university lecturer and literary agent. He is the former literature director of the Welsh Arts Council, the former editor of the Oxford Companion to the Literature of Wales and A Rhondda Anthology and the founder of the magazine Poetry Wales.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781854114761
  • Publisher: Poetry Wales Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Seren
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: A Book of Welsh Obituaries
  • ISBN-10: 185411476X
  • Publisher Date: 01 Oct 2008
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Returnable: Y
  • Weight: 370 gr


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