File NLW MS 22723D - Llythyrau Kate Roberts at Saunders Lewis

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NLW MS 22723D

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Llythyrau Kate Roberts at Saunders Lewis

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  • 1923-1983 (Creation)

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189 ff.

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Ganwyd Kate Roberts (1891-1985), un o'r ffigurau pwysicaf yn hanes llenyddiaeth Cymru, yn Rhosgadfan, Llanwnda, pentref yn ardal y chwareli yn sir Gaernarfon. Yr oedd yn nofelydd, yn awdur storiâu byrion ac yn newyddiadurwraig lenyddol. Graddiodd mewn Cymraeg yng Ngholeg Prifysgol Gogledd Cymru, Bangor, lle bu'n astudio o dan Syr John Morris-Jones a Syr Ifor Williams. Wedi hynny bu'n athrawes Gymraeg yn Ystalyfera ac Aberdâr, ac yn 1928 priododd Morris T. Williams a phrynodd y ddau Wasg Gee, cyhoeddwr Baner ac Amserau Cymru. Yn dilyn marwolaeth ei gŵr yn 1946, parhaodd i redeg y busnes ar ei phen ei hun am ddeng mlynedd arall. Cyhoeddodd nifer fawr o nofelau a storiâu byrion o 1925 hyd 1937 ac o 1949 hyd 1981. Yr oedd hefyd yn aelod gweithgar o Blaid Genedlaethol Cymru a chyfrannodd yn rheolaidd i bapur newydd misol y blaid, Y Ddraig Goch. Mae nifer o'i gweithiau yn adlewyrchu cymdeithas y chwarel y magwyd Kate Roberts ynddi. Mae rhai o'i gweithiau yn ymwneud â gwragedd neu hen bobl yn byw ar eu pennau eu hunain. Yr oedd hefyd yn awdures llyfrau ar gyfer ac am blant. Yr oedd themâu ei gwaith cyhoeddedig yn cynnwys pynciau llenyddol, gwleidyddol a theuluol.

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Seventy-three letters in Welsh, 1923-83, from the novelist and short-story writer Kate Roberts to Saunders Lewis, reflecting the growth of Kate Roberts as a writer and the early recognition and constant encouragement shown to her in her literary career by Saunders Lewis. Other matters discussed include the activities of the Welsh Nationalist Party mainly before 1945 and the state of Welsh literature in general during the period of the correspondence.

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Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to abide by the conditions noted on the 'Modern papers - data protection' form issued with their readers' tickets.

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Welsh

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The contents of NLW MSS 21701-22852 are indexed in greater detail in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wals, vol. 8 (Aberystwyth, 1999).

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The letters, together with the other half of the correspondence (for these see the NLW typescript catalogue Papurau Kate Roberts I (1990)), have been published in Annwyl Kate, Annwyl Saunders ..., ed. by Dafydd Ifans (Aberystwyth, 1992).

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Preferred citation: NLW MS 22723D

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vtls004278889

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(WlAbNL)0000278889

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  • Text: NLW MS 22723D.