Meic Stephens Manuscripts,

This material is held atNational Library of Wales / Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru

  • Reference
    • GB 210 MSMEICST
  • Alternative Id.
      (alternative) vtls004627086
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1961-1989.
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English Welsh French English, Welsh, French.
  • Physical Description
    • 2 vols.
  • Location
    • ARCH/MSS (GB0210)

Scope and Content

Letters, 1961-1989, to Meic Stephens mainly concerning contemporary writing in Wales and Stephens's own literary work. The correspondents include Euros Bowen, Islwyn Ffowc Elis, Gwynfor Evans, Raymond Garlick, Bobi Jones, Emyr Humphreys, Saunders Lewis, Harri Webb and R. S. Thomas.

Administrative / Biographical History

Meic Stephens, poet and editor, was born in Trefforest and educated at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth and the University of Rennes. From 1962 to 1966, he taught French in Ebbw Vale. He established The Triskel Press at Merthyr Tydfil, where he lived at the time, and also launched the periodical Poetry Wales, which he edited from 1965 until 1973; also served for a year on the staff of the Western Mail. In 1967, Stephens was appointed Literary Director with the Welsh Arts Council. He published his first poetic works in Triad (1963). His work Linguistic Minorities in Western Europe (Llandysul, 1976) involved a detailed study of culture and politics in sixteen European states. Amongst the works edited by Stephens are an anthology of Anglo-Welsh poetry titled The Lilting House (with John Stuart Williams, London and Llandybïe, 1969), Artists in Wales (three volumes, Llandysul, 1971, 1973, 1977), the Writers of Wales series (with R. Brinley Jones, 1970- ), the poetic anthology Green Horse (with Peter Finch, Swansea, 1978), and Cydymaith i Lenyddiaeth Cymru (Llandysul, 1986).

Arrangement

Arranged according to NLW MSS reference numbers: NLW MSS 23111-23112E.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Mr Meic Stephens; Cardiff; Purchase; 1992

Note

Meic Stephens, poet and editor, was born in Trefforest and educated at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth and the University of Rennes. From 1962 to 1966, he taught French in Ebbw Vale. He established The Triskel Press at Merthyr Tydfil, where he lived at the time, and also launched the periodical Poetry Wales, which he edited from 1965 until 1973; also served for a year on the staff of the Western Mail. In 1967, Stephens was appointed Literary Director with the Welsh Arts Council. He published his first poetic works in Triad (1963). His work Linguistic Minorities in Western Europe (Llandysul, 1976) involved a detailed study of culture and politics in sixteen European states. Amongst the works edited by Stephens are an anthology of Anglo-Welsh poetry titled The Lilting House (with John Stuart Williams, London and Llandybïe, 1969), Artists in Wales (three volumes, Llandysul, 1971, 1973, 1977), the Writers of Wales series (with R. Brinley Jones, 1970- ), the poetic anthology Green Horse (with Peter Finch, Swansea, 1978), and Cydymaith i Lenyddiaeth Cymru (Llandysul, 1986).

Title based on contents.

Archivist's Note

February 2009.

Description compiled by Bethan Ifans for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS. The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume IX (Aberystwyth, 2003); Cydymaith i Lenyddiaeth Cymru (Llandysul, 1986);

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Related Material

See also the NLW typescript volume Minor Lists and Summaries 1990, pp. 74-5.

Additional Information

Published

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