Richard Llewellyn

Richard Llewellyn (pseudonym of Richard Doyle Vivian Llewellyn Lloyd) ( born December 8, 1906 in St Davids, Pembrokeshire, † November 30, 1983 in London) was a Welsh writer.

Biography

After his military service, and a short stint as a film director, he began his writing career. His major work was the novel " How Green was my Valley " (1939 ), a story about a Welsh mining village, both in 1941 under the title " Green Was My Valley " by John Ford and 1975 under the title " How Green Was My Valley " as six -part television series was filmed.

His other works apart from dramas:

  • " None but the Lonely Heart", 1943
  • " The Flame of Hercules", 1957,
  • " The new land of hope ', 1959
  • "Up into the Singing Mountain", 1963,
  • "Green, Green My Valley Now", 1975
  • " I Stand On A Quiet Shore ", 1982.

Source

  • " Chambers Biographical Dictionary ", p 936, Edinburgh 2002, ISBN 0-550-10051-2
  • Author
  • Briton
  • Welshman
  • Born in 1906
  • Died in 1983
  • Man
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