Meic Stephens

Meic Stephens, FLSW (23 July 1938 – 2 July 2018) was a Welsh literary editor, journalist, translator, and poet.

Birth and education Meic Stephens was born on 23 July 1938 in the village of Treforest, near Pontypridd, Glamorgan. He was educated at Pontypridd Boys' Grammar School

Writings Stephens wrote many articles about literature in Wales for the Western Mail, as well as obituaries of eminent Welsh people for The Independent.

Stephens's works include:

Linguistic Minorities in Western Europe (1976. J. D. Lewis ) Green Horse (1978. ) [ed.] The Oxford Companion to the Literature of Wales (1986; republished in 1998 as The New Companion to the Literature of Wales. Oxford University Press ) Illuminations: An Anthology of Welsh Short Prose (1998. Welsh Academic Press ) A Most Peculiar People: Quotations About Wales and the Welsh (1992. University of Wales Press ) Little Book of Welsh Quotations (1997. Appletree Press ) A Pocket Guide Series: Wales in Quotation (1999. University of Wales Press ) Welsh Names for Your Children: The Complete Guide (2000. Y Lolfa ) The Literary Pilgrim in Wales: A Guide to the Places Associated with Writers in Wales (2000. Gwasg Carreg Gwalch ) A Semester in Zion: A Journal with Memoirs (2003. Gwasg Carreg Gwalch ) Yeah, Dai Dando (2008. Cinnamon ) A Bard for Highgrove: A Likely Story (2010. Cambria Books ) Cofnodion – Hunangofiant (2012. Y Lolfa ) Welsh Lives – Gone but Not Forgotten (2012. Y Lolfa ) (2013. Parthian Books ) Wilia – Cerddi 2003–2013 (2014. Cyhoeddiadau Barddas ) My Shoulder to the Wheel (2015. Y Lolfa ) The Old Red Tongue: An Anthology of Welsh Literature (2017. Francis Boutle Publishers ) More Welsh Lives (2018. Y Lolfa ) Luis Núñez Astrain, The Basques: Their Struggle for Independence (translation) (1997. Welsh Academic Press )

Honours In 2016, Stephens was elected as a fellow of the Learned Society of Wales.

Stephens was honoured as a Fellow of Aberystwyth University in 2018.

Death Stephens died in Cardiff on 2 July 2018. He had four children; his son Huw Stephens is a radio and television presenter.