- This article is about the late author Eirug Wyn, who is often confused with the politician Eurig Wyn. This article is about the politician Eurig Wyn who should not be confused with the late author Eirug Wyn.
Eirug Wyn (11 December 1950 - April 27, 2004) was a Welsh satirical novelist who wrote in the Welsh language. Events 359 - Honoratus, the first known Prefect of the City of Constantinople, takes office Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1124 - David I becomes King of Scotland. 1296 - Battle of Dunbar: The Scots are defeated "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Welsh ( cy Cymraeg or cy y Gymraeg, kəmˈrɑːɨɡ and {{IPA|[ə ɡəmˈrɑːɨɡ]}}, is a member of the Brythonic branch of Celtic He was born in Llanbrynmair in Mid Wales and educated in Brynrefail School and Trinity College, Carmarthen. Llanbrynmair (St Mary's on the Hill) is a village and community in Powys, Mid Wales on the A470 road between Caersws and Machynlleth Mid Wales (Canolbarth Cymru or simply Y Canolbarth "The Midlands" is the name given to the area of Wales lying between North and South Wales Carmarthen ( Welsh Caerfyrddin - caer fort + Myrddin Moridunum is the County town of Carmarthenshire, Wales. He subsequently made his home in Y Groeslon in North Wales. Groeslon ( Welsh: Y Groeslon, "the crossroads" is a small Village in Gwynedd, North Wales. North Wales (Gogledd Cymru is the northernmost unofficial region of Wales, bordered to the south by Mid Wales and to the east by England.
At the age of 17 he appeared in court accused of not placing an L-plate on the back of his car, as was required in the United Kingdom for anyone learning to drive (the L is the initial letter of "learner"). An L-plate is a square plate bearing a sans-serif letter L for "learner" which must be affixed to the front and back of a car in many countries if its driver is a learner under The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Instead, he had placed a similar plate bearing the letter "D", for dysgwr, the Welsh equivalent. Welsh ( cy Cymraeg or cy y Gymraeg, kəmˈrɑːɨɡ and {{IPA|[ə ɡəmˈrɑːɨɡ]}}, is a member of the Brythonic branch of Celtic The eventual result of this case was to make D-plates equivalent to L-plates throughout Wales.
He wrote 15 books in the twelve years before his death, and won several prizes for his work at Eisteddfodau, including the prose medal in 1998. See also An eisteddfod (aɪˈstɛðvəd Welsh ə(iˈstɛðvɔd plural eisteddfodau or eisteddfods) is a Welsh Festival Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) He also ran a bookshop in Caernarfon, wrote a column for the Western Mail, and edited Lol!, a satirical magazine. Caernarfon (the original Welsh spelling is now almost always used in preference to the anglicised forms "Caernarvon" or "Carnarvon" is a His last book was entitled Y dyn yn y cefn heb fwstash (The Man at the Back Without a Moustache -- ISBN 0-86243-735-0).
He died of myeloma on April 27, 2004, at the age of 53. Multiple myeloma (also known as MM, myeloma, plasma cell myeloma, or as Kahler's disease after Otto Kahler) is a type of Events 1124 - David I becomes King of Scotland. 1296 - Battle of Dunbar: The Scots are defeated "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again "