The Mary Vaughan Jones Award is a
Welsh
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children's literature award. The ''Mary Vaughan Jones Trophy'' is awarded every three years to an author who has made a substantial contribution to children's literature over a number of years. It was established in memory of
Mary Vaughan Jones
Mary Vaughan Jones (28 May 1918–April/May/June 1983) was a celebrated Welsh children's author and schoolteacher.
She was born at 'Firs Cottage', Maenan near Llanrwst in 1918, and died in the Rhuddlan area, Clwyd in 1983.
Jones authored a ...
's contribution to the field of children's books in
Wales
Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the Bristol Channel to the south. It had a population in ...
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Awards
*1985 -
Ifor Owen
*1988 -
Emily Huws
*1991 -
T. Llew Jones
*1994 - W.J. Jones
*1997 - Roger Boore
*2000 -
J. Selwyn Lloyd
*2003 - Elfyn Pritchard
*2006 - Mair Wynn Hughes
*2009 - Angharad Tomos
*2012 -
Jac Jones
*2015 - Siân Lewis
*2018 -
Gareth F. Williams
*2021 - Menna Lloyd Williams
References
British children's literary awards
Welsh literary awards
Literary awards honoring lifetime achievement
Awards established in 1985
1985 establishments in the United Kingdom
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