Angharad Price
Angharad Price | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1972 (age 52–53) Bethel, Gwynedd, Wales |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Jesus College, Oxford |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Bangor University |
Angharad Price FLSW is a Welsh academic and novelist. She is a recipient of the Glyndŵr Award.
Biography
Price was born in Bethel, Gwynedd, Wales,[1] the daughter of the Welsh historian Emyr Price.[2] She graduated with a BA and DPhil in Modern Languages from Jesus College, Oxford.[3] She teaches at Bangor University, where she was made Professor of Welsh in 2014,[4] and works on Welsh prose of the modern era.[1] She currently lives in Caernarfon.
Price's first novel, Tania’r Tacsi, was published in 1999. Her second novel, O! Tyn y Gorchudd!, won the National Eisteddfod Prose Medal in 2002 and was named Welsh Language Book of the Year by the Welsh Arts Council at the Hay Festival in 2003.[5][6][1][7] An English translation of the novel, called The Life of Rebecca Jones, was also published in 2010.[1] Her third novel, Caersaint, was published in 2010.[8]
In 2014, Price received the Glyndŵr Award at the Machynlleth Festival.[9]
In 2015, Price was elected a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales.[10]
Publications
Source:[4]
Non-fiction
- Rhwng Gwyn a Du (2002)
- Chwileniwm: Llenyddiaeth a Thechnoleg (2002; ed.)
- Ffarwél i Freiburg (2013)
- Translation Studies: Special Issue Wales (2016; co-editor with Helena Miguélez-Carballeira and Judith Kaufmann)
- Gororion: Llên Cymru yng Nghyfandir Ewrop (2023)
Novels
- Caersaint (2010)
- Nelan a Bo (2024)
Drama
- Nansi (2017)
- Congrinero (2025)
Other
- Ymbapuroli (2021)
References
- ^ a b c d "Dr Angharad Price BA DPhil". Bangor University. Retrieved 24 March 2009.
- ^ "Eisteddfod 2002 – Medal i Angharad" (in Welsh). BBC. Retrieved 24 March 2009.
Mae'n ferch i'r hanesydd a'r newyddiadurwr Emyr Price. [She is the daughter of the historian and journalist Emyr Price.]
- ^ "New staff for Bangor's School of Welsh". Bangor University. Retrieved 24 March 2009.
- ^ a b "Angharad Price". Bangor University Research Portal. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
- ^ "Hay winner's search for identity". news.bbc.co.uk. 27 May 2003.
- ^ "Prose winner inspired by her family". Western Mail. 8 August 2002.
- ^ Barnes, David (2005). The Companion Guide to Wales. Companion Guides. p. 250. ISBN 978-1-900639-43-9.
- ^ "Caernarfon the star of new urban novel Caersaint". Caernarfon Herald. 11 March 2010. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011.
- ^ "Festival". MOMA Wales. Archived from the original on 23 February 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
- ^ Wales, The Learned Society of. "Angharad Price". The Learned Society of Wales. Retrieved 31 August 2023.