Eigra Lewis Roberts

Eigra Lewis Roberts (7 August 1939 – 5 March 2026) was a Welsh-language author, whose work included about 30 plays, short stories, children's books and novels. She won several awards at the National Eisteddfod of Wales.

Background Born in Blaenau Ffestiniog, Roberts attended Ffestiniog County School, along with her fellow author John Rowlands and the poet Gwyn Thomas. Having graduated from University College of North Wales in Bangor, Roberts had an honorary MA from the University of Wales.

Roberts died at the age of 86 on 5 March 2026.

Career Aged 20, Roberts won the open novel prize at the 1959 Caernarfon National Eisteddfod of Wales. In the 1980s, she was the screenwriter adapting her novel Mis o Fehefin for the Welsh television programme Minafon.

Selected works Brynhyfryd, 1959 Mis o Fehefin, 1980 Return Ticket, 2006 (Gomer Press) Parlwr Bach, 2013