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Professor Dai Smith and Professor Peter Stead remember the life and work of Gwyn Thomas
7pm 31 October 2013 Barry Art Central, King Square, Barry Click here to register for a ticket
“The worlds of Gwyn Thomas collided at Barry in a mayhem of carnival and character which was the bedrock of his writing and philosophy: Kiss me quick, Doctor Crippen's just around the next Cosy Corner! To be taught by Gwyn was a contradiction in terms which an Einstein could not unravel, but whose blessing of laughter bends has lit up my whole life.” Dai Smith
To mark Gwyn Thomas’s centenary, join us for an evening celebrating the author’s connection with Barry. Gwyn Thomas was one of Wales’s most prolific writers, broadcasters and public intellectuals. He once described his work as ‘Chekov with chips’, and his often darkly comic writing remains a vibrant insight into the lives and places of industrial south Wales. Born in Cymmer, Porth, and educated at Oxford University, Gwyn Thomas moved to Barry in the 1940s and taught Spanish at Barry County Boys’ School for some twenty years. During this time he published over 12 novels and collections of short stories. Both Dai Smith and Peter Stead were taught by Gwyn Thomas at Barry Boys, and their lively discussion will draw on their memories of him, as well as his writing.
Please see www.gwynthomaslsw.eventbrite.co.uk or call 02920 376971 to register.
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Yr Athro Dai Smith a'r Athro Peter Stead yn cofio bywyd a gwaith
7pm 31 Hydref 2013 Celf Ganolog y Barri, Sgwâr y Brenin
“The worlds of Gwyn Thomas collided at Barry in a mayhem of carnival and character which was the bedrock of his writing and philosophy: Kiss me quick, Doctor Crippen's just around the next Cosy Corner! To be taught by Gwyn was a contradiction in terms which an Einstein could not unravel, but whose blessing of laughter bends has lit up my whole life.” Dai Smith
Ymunwch â ni i nodi canmlwyddiant Gwyn Thomas gyda noson yn dathlu cysylltiad yr awdur â’r Barri. Gwyn Thomas oedd un o awduron, darlledwyr a deallusion cyhoeddus mwyaf toreithiog Cymru. Unwaith disgrifiodd ei waith fel ‘Chekov with chips’, ac mae ei weithiau tywyll comig yn parhau’n olwg cynhyrfus ar fywydau a lleoliadau de Cymru ddiwydiannol. Ganwyd Gwyn Thomas yn y Cymer, Porth, a chafodd ei addysgu ym Mhrifysgol Rhydychen, cyn symud i’r Barri yn y 1940au, lle bu’n dysgu Sbaeneg yn Ysgol Sirol y Bechgyn y Barri am tuag ugain mlynedd. Yn ystod y cyfnod hwn cyhoeddodd dros ddwsin o nofelau a chasgliadau o straeon byr. Addysgwyd Dai Smith a Peter Stead ill dau gan Gwyn Thomas yn Ysgol Bechgyn y Barri, a bydd eu sgwrs fywiog yn tynnu ar eu hatgofion ohono, yn ogystal â’i weithiau ysgrifenedig.
Noson am ddim, gyda thocynnau. Ewch i www.gwynthomaslsw.eventbrite.co.uk neu ffonio 02920 376971 i gofrestru.
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Dr Sarah Morse
Executive Officer
Swyddog Gweithredol
Tel: 029 20376971
http://learnedsocietywales.ac.uk/
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Cymdeithas Ddysgedig Cymru, cwmni a gyfyngir drwy warant, wedi’i gofrestru yng Nghymru, Rhif 7256948;Elusen Cofrestredig Rhif 1141526;
Swyddfa gofrestredig: Cofrestrfa’r Brifysgol, Rhodfa’r Brenin Edward VII, Parc Cathays, Caerdydd CF10 3NS