''Y Fflam'' ('the flame') was a

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published between 1946 and 1952 providing a platform for young Welsh writers. It included

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, artworks, short

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, and reviews. Its political viewpoint was strongly radical nationalism. It was edited by

Euros Bowen Euros Bowen (12 September 1904 – 2 April 1988) was a Welsh language poet and priest. Born in Treorchy, and a brother of the poet Geraint Bowen, he was educated at the Presbyterian College, Carmarthen, and later at the University of Wales (initi ...

Pennar Davies William Thomas Pennar Davies (12 November 1911 – 29 December 1996) was a Welsh clergyman and author. Born William Thomas Davies, in Mountain Ash, the son of a miner, he took the name "Pennar" (a stream in Mountain Ash and the root of its Welsh n ...

, and

J. Gwyn Griffiths John Gwyn Griffiths (7 December 1911 – 15 June 2004) was a Welsh poet, Egyptologist and nationalist political activist who spent the largest span of his career lecturing at Swansea University. Early life Born in 1911 in Porth in the Rhondda ...

,''Y Fflam'', Cyfrol 1, Rhif 1, Y Nadolig 1946. and its contributors included D. Tecwyn Lloyd,

Gareth Alban Davies Gareth Alban Davies (30 July 1926 – 9 February 2009) was a Welsh poet, educator and Hispanist who was Cowdray Professor of Spanish at the University of Leeds. Davies translated many Spanish texts into English and Welsh, and was a noted expe ...

Bobi Jones Robert Maynard Jones (20 May 1929 – 22 November 2017), generally known as Bobi Jones, was a Welsh Christian academic and one of the most prolific writers in the history of the Welsh language. A versatile master of poetry, fictional prose and cri ...

, and

R. S. Thomas Ronald Stuart Thomas (29 March 1913 – 25 September 2000), published as R. S. Thomas, was a Welsh poet and Anglican priest ( Church of Wales) noted for nationalism, spirituality and dislike of the anglicisation of Wales. John Betjeman, introduc ...

. Gwasg Y Fflam,

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, was a small

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set up to produce ''Y Fflam''. The journal has been digitized by the

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project at the

National Library of Wales The National Library of Wales ( cy, Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru), Aberystwyth, is the national legal deposit library of Wales and is one of the Welsh Government sponsored bodies. It is the biggest library in Wales, holding over 6.5 million boo ...

References

External links

''Y Fflam'' from Welsh Journals Online
Defunct literary magazines published in the United Kingdom Defunct magazines published in Scotland Magazines established in 1946 Magazines disestablished in 1952 Welsh-language magazines Literary magazines published in Wales {{fiction-mag-stub