Urien Wiliam, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Urien Wiliam

Welsh writer

Date of Birth: 07-Nov-1929

Place of Birth: Barry, Wales, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 21-Oct-2006

Profession: writer

Nationality: Wales, United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Urien Wiliam (7 November 1929 – 21 October 2006) was a Welsh language novelist and dramatist. Wiliam was born in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, the son of Professor Stephen J.
Williams, an academic at Swansea University.
He became an expert in the grammar of Welsh, and studied the language at Swansea University, before undertaking a doctorate in psychology at Liverpool University in which he translated the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children into Welsh, and produced norms for Welsh-speaking children.His first teaching post was at Trinity College, Carmarthen.
He married Eiryth Davies and had three children, including Sioned Wiliam.He won the Drama Medal at the National Eisteddfod of Wales in 1972 and 1973.
After becoming a freelance writer, he produced scripts for the Welsh-language children's TV programme, Wil Cwac Cwac. He died at Penarth.