Siân James (novelist)

Siân James (born 1932) is a Welsh novelist, academic and translator, who writes in English.

For other people named Sian James, see Sian James (disambiguation).

Birth and academic posts

James, born near Llandysul in Carmarthenshire, attended the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. She is a Fellow of the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, has been awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Glamorgan, and is a Fellow of the Welsh Academy.

Writing career

Siân James has twice won the Yorkshire Post Prize. Her third novel, A Small Country, has come to be regarded as a classic of Anglo-Welsh literature.[1][2] In 2006, A Small Country was adapted as a Welsh-language TV series, Calon Gaeth, which won the 2007 Bafta Cymru award for Best Drama/Drama Serial for Television.[3] James translated Kate Roberts's novel Y Byw Sy'n Cysgu into English as The Awakening.[4]

Family

In 1958 Siân James married the actor, Emrys James.[5] They lived for a time near Stratford-upon-Avon, where he worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company. Their four children were William, Owen, Jo and Anna.[6] Emrys James died in 1989.

Works
  • One Afternoon (1975)
  • Yesterday (1978)
  • A Small Country (1979)
  • Another Beginning (1979)
  • Dragons and Roses (1983)
  • A Dangerous Time (1984)
  • Love and War (1994)
  • Storm at Arberth (1994)
  • Not Singing Exactly (collected short stories, 1996)
  • Two Loves (1997)
  • The Sky Over Wales (memoir, 1997)
  • Summer Storm (1998)
  • Second Chance (2000)
  • Outside Paradise (short stories, 2001)
  • Summer Shadows (2004)
  • Return to Hendre Ddu (2009)

References
  1. Meic Stephens, A Book of Wales: an Anthology (J. M. Dent, 1987)
  2. Tony Curtis, Wales at War: Critical Essays on Literature and Art (Seren, 2007)
  3. Bafta Cymru
  4. "The Awakening". Seren. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  5. Parthian Books
  6. Jones, Catherine (30 November 2001). "A long life in words". Western Mail. Cardiff: Western Mail and Echo Ltd: 13.



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