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Top literary prize goes to study of women’s writing
A study of Welsh women writers in the nineteenth century has been awarded the prestigious Roland Mathias Prize for 2009.
The £2,000 prize goes to Jane Aaron, Professor of English at the University of Glamorgan, for her work on Nineteenth Century Women’s Writing in Wales: Nation, Gender and Identity (published by the University of Wales Press).
The prize for Welsh writing in English is awarded every two years in the fields of poetry, short stories, literary criticism or Welsh history. It is the first time the prize has been awarded for a work of literary criticism.
The winning book introduces readers to a hundred Welsh women authors at work during the years 1780-1900, some writing in Welsh and some in English.
The chair of the judges, the former broadcaster Glyn Mathias, said: “We were immensely impressed with the scholarship and the lively writing that went into this work. Jane Aaron paints a crowded canvas, rescuing some authors from undeserved neglect and identifying the important role played by many others in Welsh society and culture at the time.”
Describing it as a work of literary history as much as literary criticism, he said: “The range of writing covered in both languages – in magazines as well as books - demonstrates the degree of influence women writers had in Wales during much of that period.”
Jane Aaron has published books in both English and Welsh and is the editor of the Honno Classics series of reprints of Welsh Women’s Writing in English.
The award of the prize was announced at a ceremony in Brecon, supported by BBC Wales and hosted by Nicola Heywood Thomas, presenter of Radio Wales Arts’ Show.
The shortlist, all of them women writers, included poet Sheenagh Pugh, short story writer Carys Davies and academic Sarah Prescott, who had published a study of eighteenth century Welsh writing.
The Roland Mathias Prize was established in honour of the poet and author who played a major part in establishing Welsh writing in English as a distinctive literary genre. He died in 2007.
The next Roland Mathias Prize will be awarded in 2011 for a work published during 2009 and 2010. It is open to any writer born in Wales or currently living in Wales.
For further information about the Roland Mathias Prize, please contact Glyn Mathias on 07980 838138 or glynmathias@btinternet.com
A study of Welsh women writers in the nineteenth century has been awarded the prestigious Roland Mathias Prize for 2009.
The £2,000 prize goes to Jane Aaron, Professor of English at the University of Glamorgan, for her work on Nineteenth Century Women’s Writing in Wales: Nation, Gender and Identity (published by the University of Wales Press).
The prize for Welsh writing in English is awarded every two years in the fields of poetry, short stories, literary criticism or Welsh history. It is the first time the prize has been awarded for a work of literary criticism.
The winning book introduces readers to a hundred Welsh women authors at work during the years 1780-
The chair of the judges, the former broadcaster Glyn Mathias, said: “We were immensely impressed with the scholarship and the lively writing that went into this work. Jane Aaron paints a crowded canvas, rescuing some authors from undeserved neglect and identifying the important role played by many others in Welsh society and culture at the time.”
Describing it as a work of literary history as much as literary criticism, he said: “The range of writing covered in both languages – in magazines as well as books -
Jane Aaron has published books in both English and Welsh and is the editor of the Honno Classics series of reprints of Welsh Women’s Writing in English.
The award of the prize was announced at a ceremony in Brecon, supported by BBC Wales and hosted by Nicola Heywood Thomas, presenter of Radio Wales Arts’ Show.
The shortlist, all of them women writers, included poet Sheenagh Pugh, short story writer Carys Davies and academic Sarah Prescott, who had published a study of eighteenth century Welsh writing.
The Roland Mathias Prize was established in honour of the poet and author who played a major part in establishing Welsh writing in English as a distinctive literary genre. He died in 2007.
The next Roland Mathias Prize will be awarded in 2011 for a work published during 2009 and 2010. It is open to any writer born in Wales or currently living in Wales.
For further information about the Roland Mathias Prize, please contact Glyn Mathias on 07980 838138 or glynmathias@btinternet.com