Harri Pritchard-Jones, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Harri Pritchard-Jones

Welsh writer

Date of Birth: 03-Oct-1933

Place of Birth: Dudley, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 10-Mar-2015

Profession: writer, psychiatrist, novelist

Nationality: Wales

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Harri Elwyn Pritchard-Jones (3 October 1933 – 10 March 2015) was an English-born Welsh language author, critic, and psychiatrist. Pritchard-Jones was born in Dudley, West Midlands, but brought up and educated in Anglesey.
He studied at Trinity College, Dublin, before working as a doctor and psychiatrist in the Cardiff area.
He published his first Welsh book, Troeon, in 1966, and during his life published 15 collections of poetry, short stories, and criticism, as well as novels, translations, and TV scripts.
His work was itself translated into several languages.
He won awards from the National Eisteddfod and the Arts Council, and was a Fellow of the Welsh Academy (Yr Academi Gymreig), an organisation of which he was chairman between 1991-96.Pritchard-Jones was an active member of Plaid Cymru and unsuccessfully fought a number of local elections for the party in the Cardiff area.
His last campaign was for the Eglwys Wen ward at the 1993 elections to South Glamorgan County Council when he finished fourth polling 211 votes.