Emyr Humphreys (April 15, 1919 -) is a leading Welsh novelist, poet and author. Events 1450 - Battle of Formigny: Toward the end of the Hundred Years' War, the French attack and nearly annihilate English Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Welsh people ( Welsh: Cymro ("Welshman" Cymraes ("Welsh woman" Cymry ("Welshmen/women" Cymry A novel (from Italian novella, Spanish novela, French nouvelle for "new" "news" or "short story A poet is a person who writes Poetry. Etymology From the Ancient greek: ποιέω, poieō: "I make or compose" He was born in Prestatyn and studied history at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. Prestatyn (prɛs-tə-tin is a Seaside resort in Denbighshire, North Wales. Aberystwyth University (Prifysgol Aberystwyth sometimes called "Aber" or "the College by the Sea" is a university located in Aberystwyth, Wales His first novel Little Kingdom was published in 1946. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He won the Somerset Maugham Prize in 1953 for his novel Hear and Forgive. The Somerset Maugham Award is a British literary prize given each May by the Society of Authors. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Other works include: A Toy Epic in 1958, published in Welsh and English, and won the 1958 Hawthornden Prize; a cultural history of Wales, The Taliesin Tradition 1983; a collection of stories Old People are a Problem 2003. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar.