Glyn Hughes

Glyn Hughes (25 May 1935 – 24 May 2011) was an English poet, novelist and artist. Early life and education Glyn Hughes was born on 25 May 1935 in Altrincham. His father was a bus conductor, who had been unemployed in the 1920's. His mother "cleaned other people's houses." He grew up in a council house estate, introduced to literature by his father, who was a voracious reader.

Career Hughes worked as a teacher for 10 years before becoming a full-time writer in 1968.

Personal life and death Hughes was married three times and had one son. He died from cancer on 24 May 2011, at the age of 75.

Legacy Millstone Grit was included in "William Atkins's top 10 books of the moor" in 2014, and was republished by Little Toller Books in 2022 with an introduction by Ben Myers.

Selected publications Towards the Sun: poems & photographs (1971, Harry Chambers, Phoenix Pamphlet Poets, Manchester) Millstone Grit (1975, Readers Union: ) Where I Used to Play on the Green (1982, Gollancz: ) Life Class (2009, Shoestring: ) A Year in the Bull-box (2011, Arc: )