T Llew Jones

Children's Author

Birthday October 11, 1915

Birth Sign Libra

Birthplace Wales

DEATH DATE Jan 9, 2009 (93)

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About

Born Thomas Llewelyn Jones and better known by his pen name T. Llew Jones, this prolific children's author penned such acclaimed, Welsh-language works as Tan ar y Comin and Lleuad yn Olau.

Before Fame

After graduating from Wales' Llandysul Grammar School and before becoming a professional writer, he had a nearly four-decade career as a schoolteacher.

Trivia

He received a 2007 Welsh Publishsing Award for a bestselling poetry volume titled Geiriau a Gerais.

Family Life

One of his sons, Emyr Llewelyn Jones, was a prominent political activist of the 1960s and 1970s. His other son, Iolo Ceredig Jones, became an internationally-known professional chess player.

Associated With

In the mid-1980s, he translated Jules Verne's famous work, Round The World in 80 Days, into Welsh.