1949 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1949 to Wales and its people.

1949
in
Wales

Centuries:
  • 18th
  • 19th
  • 20th
  • 21st
Decades:
  • 1920s
  • 1930s
  • 1940s
  • 1950s
  • 1960s
See also:
1949 in
The United Kingdom
Ireland
Scotland

Incumbents

Events

Arts and literature

Awards

  • National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Dolgellau)
    • National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - Roland Jones, "Y Graig"[8]
    • National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - John Tudor James, "Meirionnydd"[9]
    • National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal - withheld[10]

English language

Welsh language

  • Aneirin Talfan Davies - Gwyr Llen
  • Richard Davies (Isgarn) - Caniadau Isgarn (posthumously published)[15]
  • John Daniel Vernon Lewis - Bydd melys fy myfyrdod: detholiad o lyfr y Salmau[16]
  • Kate Roberts - Stryd y Glep[17]
  • Louie Myfanwy Thomas
    • as Jane Ann Jones - Y bryniau pell[18]
    • as Ffanni Llwyd - Diwrnod yw ein bywyd (submitted to National Eisteddfod; published 1954)
  • William Nantlais Williams - Emynau'r daith

Music

Film

Broadcasting

  • January - Glyn Griffiths writes: "It would be advisable now for Wales to weigh in with its campaign of aggravation and persuasion to get a Welsh Radio Corporation."[21]

Sport

Births

Deaths

See also

References

  1. Mary Gwendoline Ellis. "Morgan, John (1886-1957), Archbishop of Wales". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  2. National Library of Wales (1947). Annual Report - National Library of Wales. p. 16.
  3. Great Britain. Council for Wales and Monmouthshire (1950). A Memorandum by the Council on Its Activities. H.M. Stationery Office.
  4. Jonny Muir (15 January 2014). The UK's County Tops: Reaching the top of 91 historic counties. Cicerone Press. p. 99. ISBN 978-1-84965-963-5.
  5. "Key - Gwyn Nicholls Memorial Gates 1949". Cardiff Rugby Museum. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  6. Tony Russell (15 March 2015). The Finest Gardens in Wales. Amberley Publishing Limited. p. 27. ISBN 978-1-4456-4137-9.
  7. Lawrence Goldman (7 March 2013). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 2005-2008. OUP Oxford. p. 355. ISBN 978-0-19-967154-0.
  8. "Winners of the Chair". National Eisteddfod of Wales. 17 November 2019.
  9. "Winners of the Crown". National Eisteddfod of Wales. 17 November 2019.
  10. "Winners of the Prose Medal". National Eisteddfod of Wales. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  11. Dannie Abse (1949). After Every Green Thing. Hutchinson.
  12. John Graham Jones. "Mardy-Jones, Thomas Isaac (1879-1970), economist and politician". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  13. Kenneth Blackwell; Harry Ruja; Sheila Turcon (2 September 2003). A Bibliography of Bertrand Russell: I. Separate Publications II. Serial Publications III. Indexes. Routledge. p. 188. ISBN 978-1-134-81890-7.
  14. David James (6 October 2015). The Cambridge Companion to British Fiction, 1945-2010. Cambridge University Press. p. 31. ISBN 978-1-107-04023-6.
  15. William Llewelyn Davies. "DAVIES, RICHARD ('Isgarn'; 1887-1947), farmer-shepherd and poet". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  16. Llyfr y Salmau: Cyfieithiad Cymraeg o'r Llyfr Cyntaf, sef Salmau I-XLI, gyda nodiadau ar y testun Hebraeg. Gwasg John Penry. 1967. p. 117.
  17. Kate Roberts (1949). Stryd y glep: Stori hir fer ar ffurf dyddiadur. Digwydd stori yn un o'r blynyddoedd yn union o flaen rhyfel 1939-45. Gwasg Gee.
  18. Meic Stephens (23 September 1998). The new companion to the literature of Wales. University of Wales Press. p. 719. ISBN 978-0-7083-1383-1.
  19. Simon Callow (3 August 2012). "Ivor Novello, master of the musical". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
  20. "Blue Scar (1949)". Screenonline. British Film Institute. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  21. Asa Briggs (1995). The History of Broadcasting in the United Kingdom: Volume IV: Sound and Vision. OUP Oxford. pp. 106–. ISBN 978-0-19-212967-3.
  22. Dai Smith; Gareth Williams (1 January 1980). Fields of Praise: The Official History of the Welsh Rugby Union, 1881-1981. University of Wales Press. p. 129. ISBN 978-0-7083-0766-3.
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  24. John Toshack (12 November 2018). Toshack's Way: My Journey Through Football. deCoubertin Books. p. 23. ISBN 978-1-909245-71-6.
  25. Who's Who in European Politics. Bowker-Saur. December 1990. p. 323. ISBN 978-0-86291-911-5.
  26. Peter Jackson (1998). Lions of Wales: A Celebration of Welsh Rugby Legends. Mainstream. p. 214. ISBN 978-1-84018-026-8.
  27. Carlos Ramet (1999). Ken Follett: The Transformation of a Writer. Popular Press. p. 9. ISBN 978-0-87972-798-7.
  28. Peter Jackson (6 October 2011). Triumph and Tragedy: Welsh Sporting Legends. Mainstream Publishing. p. 61. ISBN 978-1-78057-174-4.
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  34. William Llewelyn Davies. "Jones, Sir Evan Davies (1859-1949), 1st baronet, of Pentower, Fishguard, civil engineer, Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  35. Dai Smith; Gareth Williams (1 January 1980). Fields of Praise: The Official History of the Welsh Rugby Union, 1881-1981. University of Wales Press. p. 310. ISBN 978-0-7083-0766-3.
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  38. William Llewelyn Davies. "Chappell, Edgar Leyshon (1879-1949), sociologist, a pioneer of town and village redevelopment, and writer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  39. John Ellis Meredith. "Davies, George Maitland Lloyd (1880-1949), Calvinistic Methodist minister and apostle of peace". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
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