Urien Wiliam was a Welsh language

Welsh language

Welsh is a member of the Brythonic branch of the Celtic languages spoken natively in Wales, by some along the Welsh border in England, and in Y Wladfa...

 novelist and dramatist.

He was born in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, the son of Professor Stephen J. Williams, an academic at Swansea University

Swansea University

Swansea University is a university located in Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom. Swansea University was chartered as University College of Swansea in 1920, as the fourth college of the University of Wales. In 1996, it changed its name to the University of Wales Swansea following structural changes...

. He was an expert in the grammar

Grammar

In linguistics, grammar is the set of structural rules that govern the composition of clauses, phrases, and words in any given natural language. The term refers also to the study of such rules, and this field includes morphology, syntax, and phonology, often complemented by phonetics, semantics,...

 of the Welsh language

Welsh language

Welsh is a member of the Brythonic branch of the Celtic languages spoken natively in Wales, by some along the Welsh border in England, and in Y Wladfa...

, and studied the language at Swansea University

Swansea University

Swansea University is a university located in Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom. Swansea University was chartered as University College of Swansea in 1920, as the fourth college of the University of Wales. In 1996, it changed its name to the University of Wales Swansea following structural changes...

, before going on to the University of Liverpool

University of Liverpool

The University of Liverpool is a teaching and research university in the city of Liverpool, England. It is a member of the Russell Group of large research-intensive universities and the N8 Group for research collaboration. Founded in 1881 , it is also one of the six original "red brick" civic...

 to take a doctorate in psychology; in which he translated the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children

Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children

The Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children , developed by Dr. David Wechsler, is an individually administered intelligence test for children between the ages of 6 and 16 inclusive that can be completed without reading or writing...

 into Welsh, and produced norms for Welsh-speaking children.

His first teaching post was at Trinity College, Carmarthen

Trinity College, Carmarthen

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He won the Drama Medal at the National Eisteddfod of Wales

National Eisteddfod of Wales

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 in 1972 and 1973. After becoming a freelance writer, he produced scripts for the popular Welsh-language children's TV programme, Wil Cwac Cwac

Wil Cwac Cwac

Wil Cwac Cwac or Will Quack Quack is a Welsh-language cartoon based on a series of children's books written in the 1920s by Jennie Thomas and J. O. Williams . The cartoon series ran from 1984 to 1986. Both book and cartoon series take place in rural Wales...

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He died at Penarth

Penarth

Penarth is a town and seaside resort in the Vale of Glamorgan , Wales, 5.2 miles south west from the city centre of the Welsh capital city of Cardiff and lying on the north shore of the Severn Estuary at the southern end of Cardiff Bay...

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Novels

• Dirgelwch y rocedi (1968)
• Pluen yn fy het a Stafell Ddwbl (1970)
• Perygl o'r Sêr (1972)
• Tu Hwnt i'r Mynydd Du (1975)
• Chwilio Gem (1980)
• Breuddwyd Rhy Bell (1995)