`Writing at the Edge of Catastrophe': The Contemporary Welsh-Language Fiction of Robin Llywelyn.

The Literary Review | January 1, 2001| | Copyright

No amount of cynicism can deny the "National Winner's" hold on the imagination, declared Hywel Teifi Edwards, referring to the three main prize winners at the National Eisteddfod in Wales each year.(1)

For the uninitiated, the National Eisteddfod is a week-long Welsh language festival of the arts held in alternate years in North and South Wales. The core of the Eisteddfod (which could be translated as a `sitting') is competitive, and prizes are awarded in many fields, but especially music and above all, literature. The three most prestigious prizes are for writers, ...

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