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{{Short description|Welsh author (1938–2023)}}
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'''Gareth Miles''' (19 April 1938 – 6 September 2023) was a Welsh-language author, translator, and a founder of {{lang|cy|italic=no|[[The Welsh Language Society|Cymdeithas yr Iaith]]}}.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-19098180 BBC]</ref><ref>[http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2012/08/04/welsh-language-activists-campaign-for-an-end-to-english-only-court-orders-91466-31545552/ Wales Online]</ref> He was a Marxist and translated [[Hamlet]] into the [[Welsh language]] from that perspective.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=y-zX7hzfeA0C&pg=PA216 Shakespeare and Wales: From the Marches to the Assembly. Edited by Willy Maley and Philip Schwyzer, page 216]</ref>
'''Gareth Miles''' (19 April 1938 – 6 September 2023) was a Welsh-language author, translator, and a founder of {{lang|cy|italic=no|[[The Welsh Language Society|Cymdeithas yr Iaith]]}}.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-19098180 BBC]</ref><ref>[http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2012/08/04/welsh-language-activists-campaign-for-an-end-to-english-only-court-orders-91466-31545552/ Wales Online]</ref> He was a Marxist and translated [[Hamlet]] into the [[Welsh language]] from that perspective.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=y-zX7hzfeA0C&pg=PA216 Shakespeare and Wales: From the Marches to the Assembly. Edited by Willy Maley and Philip Schwyzer, page 216]</ref>


In 2008 his book {{lang|cy|Y Proffwyd a’i ddwy Jesebel}} won the [[Wales Book of the Year]] for Welsh language fiction.<ref>[http://walesbookoftheyear.co.uk/archive/ Wales Book of the Year site]</ref>
In 2008 his book {{lang|cy|Y Proffwyd a’i ddwy Jesebel}} won the [[Wales Book of the Year]] for Welsh language fiction.<ref>[http://walesbookoftheyear.co.uk/archive/ Wales Book of the Year site]</ref>


Journalist Martin Shipton described him as "one of the most influential figures in the 20th century Welsh language movement." <ref>{{Cite web |last=Shipton |first=Martin |date=7 September 2023 |title=Key Welsh language campaigner Gareth Miles dies at 85 |url=https://nation.cymru/news/key-welsh-language-campaigner-gareth-miles-dies-at-85/ |archive-date=}}</ref>
Journalist Martin Shipton described him as "one of the most influential figures in the 20th century Welsh language movement."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shipton |first=Martin |date=7 September 2023 |title=Key Welsh language campaigner Gareth Miles dies at 85 |url=https://nation.cymru/news/key-welsh-language-campaigner-gareth-miles-dies-at-85/ |archive-date=}}</ref>


Miles was a strong advocate for the primacy of the dramatist in theatre over devised work. He described himself as a patriot rather than a nationalist. <ref>{{Cite web |last=Somerset |first=Adam |date=8 September 2023 |title=Gareth Miles in His Own Words |url=http://www.theatre-wales.co.uk/reviews/reviews_details.asp?reviewID=5218 |access-date=8 September 2023}}</ref>
Miles was a strong advocate for the primacy of the dramatist in theatre over devised work. He described himself as a patriot rather than a nationalist.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Somerset |first=Adam |date=8 September 2023 |title=Gareth Miles in His Own Words |url=http://www.theatre-wales.co.uk/reviews/reviews_details.asp?reviewID=5218 |access-date=8 September 2023}}</ref>


Gareth Miles died on 6 September 2023, at the age of 85.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Yr awdur, dramodydd ac ymgyrchydd iaith Gareth Miles wedi marw|url=https://newyddion.s4c.cymru/article/16329|website=newyddion.s4c.cymru|date=2023-09-06|access-date=2023-09-06|language=cy}}</ref>
Gareth Miles died on 6 September 2023, at the age of 85.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Yr awdur, dramodydd ac ymgyrchydd iaith Gareth Miles wedi marw|url=https://newyddion.s4c.cymru/article/16329|website=newyddion.s4c.cymru|date=2023-09-06|access-date=2023-09-06|language=cy}}</ref>

Revision as of 16:38, 12 September 2023

Gareth Miles (19 April 1938 – 6 September 2023) was a Welsh-language author, translator, and a founder of Cymdeithas yr Iaith.[1][2] He was a Marxist and translated Hamlet into the Welsh language from that perspective.[3]

In 2008 his book Y Proffwyd a’i ddwy Jesebel won the Wales Book of the Year for Welsh language fiction.[4]

Journalist Martin Shipton described him as "one of the most influential figures in the 20th century Welsh language movement."[5]

Miles was a strong advocate for the primacy of the dramatist in theatre over devised work. He described himself as a patriot rather than a nationalist.[6]

Gareth Miles died on 6 September 2023, at the age of 85.[7]

References

  1. ^ BBC
  2. ^ Wales Online
  3. ^ Shakespeare and Wales: From the Marches to the Assembly. Edited by Willy Maley and Philip Schwyzer, page 216
  4. ^ Wales Book of the Year site
  5. ^ Shipton, Martin (7 September 2023). "Key Welsh language campaigner Gareth Miles dies at 85".
  6. ^ Somerset, Adam (8 September 2023). "Gareth Miles in His Own Words". Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  7. ^ "Yr awdur, dramodydd ac ymgyrchydd iaith Gareth Miles wedi marw". newyddion.s4c.cymru (in Welsh). 6 September 2023. Retrieved 6 September 2023.