Siân James (novelist)

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Name Sian James Role Novelist		Education Aberystwyth University
Spouse Emrys James (m. 1958–1989) Books A small country, Summer shadows, Not singing exactly, Outside paradise, Second chance

Sian james gwyliwch y ferch

Siân James (born 1932) is a Welsh novelist who writes in English.

James was born near Llandysul in Carmarthenshire, and attended the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. She is a Fellow of the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Glamorgan. She is a Fellow of the Welsh Academy. She has twice won the Yorkshire Post Prize, and her third novel, A Small Country, has come to be regarded as a classic of Anglo-Welsh literature. In 2006, A Small Country was made into a Welsh-language TV series (Calon Gaeth), which won the 2007 Bafta Cymru award for Best Drama/Drama Serial for Television.

In 1958 she married the actor, Emrys James. He died in 1989.

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One Afternoon (1975)

Yesterday (1978)

A Small Country (1979)

Another Beginning (1979)

Dragons and Roses (1983)

A Dangerous Time (1984)

Love and War (1994)

Storm at Arberth (1994)

Not Singing Exactly (collected short stories, 1996)

Two Loves (1997)

The Sky Over Wales (memoir, 1997)

Summer Storm (1998)

Second Chance (2000)

Outside Paradise (short stories, 2001)

Summer Shadows (2004)

Return to Hendre Ddu (2009)

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