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Richard Dafydd Vivian Llewellyn Lloyd (né Richard Herbert Vivian Lloyd; 8 December 1906, London – 30 November 1983, Dublin), known by his pen name Richard Llewellyn (/ l u ˈ ɛ l ɪ n / loo-EL-in, Welsh: [ɬəˈwɛlɪn]), was a British novelist of a Welsh background, who is best remembered for his 1939 novel How Green Was My Valley, which ...
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Richard Llewellyn (born Dec. 8, 1906, St. David’s, Pembrokeshire, Wales—died Nov. 30, 1983, Dublin, Ire.) was a Welsh novelist and playwright, known especially for How Green Was My Valley (1939; filmed 1941), a best-selling novel about a Welsh mining family.
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Richard Llewellyn (real name Richard Dafydd Vivian Llewellyn Lloyd) was a British novelist. Llewellyn was born of Welsh parents in Hendon, north London in 1906. Only after his death was it discovered that his claim that he was born in St. Davids, West Wales was false, though of course he was of Welsh blood.
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Apr 14, 2019 · How did Richard Llewellyn, the author of How Green Was My Valley, construct his Welsh identity? This article explores his dual English and Welsh heritage, his involvement in British cultural institutions during the Second World War, and his complex relationship with Wales.
How Green Was My Valley is a 1939 novel by Richard Llewellyn, narrated by Huw Morgan, the main character, about his Welsh family and the mining community in which they live. The author had claimed that he based the book on his own experiences but this was found to be untrue after his death; Llewellyn was English-born and spent little time in ...
17,516 ratings1,745 reviews. A poignant coming-of-age novel set in a Welsh mining town, Richard Llewellyn's How Green Was My Valley is a paean to a more innocent age, published in Penguin Modern Classics. Growing up in a mining community in rural South Wales, Huw Morgan is taught many harsh lessons - at the kitchen table, at Chapel and around ...
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