Mary Vaughan Jones Award
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The Mary Vaughan Jones Award is a Welsh children's literature award. The Mary Vaughan Jones Trophy is awarded every three years to an author who has made a substantial contribution to children's literature over a number of years. It was established in memory of Mary Vaughan Jones
's contribution to the field of children's books in Wales
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Mary Vaughan Jones
Mary Vaughan Jones was a celebrated Welsh children's author and schoolteacher.She was born at 'Firs Cottage', Maenan near Llanrwst in 1918, and died in the Rhuddlan area, Clwyd in 1983...
's contribution to the field of children's books in Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
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Awards
- 1985 - Ifor OwenIfor OwenIfor Owen was a Welsh educator who was notable for writing, illustrating and publishing Hwyl, the first children's comic book in the Welsh language.-Life history:...
- 1988 - Emily HuwsEmily HuwsEmily Huws is a renowned Welsh language children's author. She was born in Tyddyn Llwyni, Caeathro, Caernarfon, where she still lives today. Huws was educated at Ysgol Gynradd Waunfawr, Caernarfon Grammar School and Bangor University....
- 1991 - T. Llew JonesT. Llew JonesThomas Llewelyn Jones was a Welsh language writer who, over a writing career of more than 50 years, was one of the most prolific and popular authors of children's books in Welsh. He wrote, and was generally known, as T. Llew Jones.- Biography :T. Llew Jones was born at 1 Bwlch Melyn, Pentrecwrt,...
- 1994 - W. J. Jones
- 1997 - Roger Boore
- 2000 - J. Selwyn Lloyd
- 2003 - Elfyn Pritchard
- 2006 - Mair Wynn Hughes
- 2009 - Angharad TomosAngharad TomosAngharad Tomos is a Welsh author and prominent language activist.-Biography:Tomos was born in Bangor, Gwynedd, in 1958, and raised with her five sisters in Llanwnda near Caernarfon. She attended Ysgol Gynradd Bontnewydd and Ysgol Dyffryn Nantlle...