Lleucu Roberts (born 27 September 1964) is a
Welsh
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* Welsh language, spoken in Wales
* Welsh people, an ethnic group native to Wales
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author.
Biography
Born in
Aberystwyth
Aberystwyth (; ) is a University town, university and seaside town and a community (Wales), community in Ceredigion, Wales. It is the largest town in Ceredigion and from Aberaeron, the county's other administrative centre. In 2021, the popula ...
, she grew up in
Ceredigion
Ceredigion (), historically Cardiganshire (, ), is a Principal areas of Wales, county in the West Wales, west of Wales. It borders Gwynedd across the River Dyfi, Dyfi estuary to the north, Powys to the east, Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire t ...
's Bow Street, taking courses at Rhydypennau Primary School, Penweddig Comprehensive School, and
Aberystwyth University
Aberystwyth University () is a Public university, public Research university, research university in Aberystwyth, Wales. Aberystwyth was a founding member institution of the former federal University of Wales. The university has over 8,000 stude ...
.
In 2011 she won a
Tir na n-Og Award for her novel ''Stuff Guto S Thomas''. She went on to win the
Daniel Owen Memorial Prize and the Prose Medal at the Carmarthenshire
National Eisteddfod 2014, becoming the first person to win the two main prose prizes in the same year. Roberts also writes radio and television scripts.
Her works include ''Songs of Peace'' (1991), ''Turning a Deaf Ear'' (2005), ''Dear Little Spot'' (2008), ''The Girl on the Road'' (2009), ''Stuff- Guto S. Tomos'' (2010), ''
Well, Little Wales!'' (2011) and ''
Some Kind of Insult'' (2012). She currently lives in
Rhostryfan,
Gwynedd
Gwynedd () is a county in the north-west of Wales. It borders Anglesey across the Menai Strait to the north, Conwy, Denbighshire, and Powys to the east, Ceredigion over the Dyfi estuary to the south, and the Irish Sea to the west. The ci ...
, with her husband and two daughters and sons.
References
Living people
1964 births
Writers from Aberystwyth
Alumni of Aberystwyth University
Welsh children's writers
Welsh women novelists
Welsh radio writers
Welsh television writers
People from Llanwnda, Gwynedd
British women children's writers
Women radio writers
British women television writers
British women screenwriters
20th-century Welsh novelists
20th-century Welsh women writers
21st-century Welsh novelists
21st-century Welsh women writers
21st-century Welsh writers
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