''Wales'' was an English-language literary journal, published from 1937 to 1949 and from 1958 to 1960. The magazine contained fiction, poetry, reviews and articles pertaining to

Wales Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the ...

. The journal started as a quarterly publication (No. 1 (Summer 1937)-No. 11 (Winter 1939–1940), became a Wartime Broadsheeet (No. 1 (1941)), then moved to six-monthly publication (1943-1949). In 1958 it was restarted as a monthly publication with No. 32, ending with No. 47 in January 1960. It was edited throughout its existence by

Keidrych Rhys William Ronald Rhys Jones (26 December 1915 – 22 May 1987), who used the name Keidrych Rhys, was a Welsh literary journalist and editor, and a poet. He was editor of the periodical, ''Wales'', published from 1937 to 1949 and from 1958 to 19 ...

, and published on his behalf by The Druid Press, Carmarthen, and printed by Western Mail & Echo Ltd, and latterly by the Tudor Press, London. The magazine was an important influence on Welsh literature. Robert Graves, who became a close correspondent with Rhys and Lynette Roberts, held high hopes for this magazine, which he felt could be a "record-vehicle" for a new movement of tradition-minded, modern Celtic poets. In the ''Wales'' magazine, Rhys published articles, short stories, and poems by an array of predominantly Welsh writers and thinkers, such as Alun Lewis,

Saunders Lewis Saunders Lewis (born John Saunders Lewis) (15 October 1893 – 1 September 1985) was a Welsh politician, poet, dramatist, Medievalist, and literary critic. He was a prominent Welsh nationalist, supporter of Welsh independence and was a co-founde ...

, Dylan Thomas, Glyn Jones and

Lynette Roberts Evelyn ('Lynette') Beatrice Roberts (4 July 1909 – 26 September 1995) was a Welsh poet and novelist. Her poems were about war, landscape, and life in the small Welsh village where she lived. She published two poetry collections: ''Poems'' ( ...

. Early drafts of parts of Robert Graves's book on mythology and poetry, ''

The White Goddess ''The White Goddess: a Historical Grammar of Poetic Myth'' is a book-length essay on the nature of poetic myth-making by author and poet Robert Graves. First published in 1948, the book is based on earlier articles published in ''Wales'' magaz ...

'', were published there as three articles ('Dog', 'Roebuck' and 'Lapwing') between 1944 and 1945.

John Cowper Powys John Cowper Powys (; 8 October 187217 June 1963) was an English philosopher, lecturer, novelist, critic and poet born in Shirley, Derbyshire, where his father was vicar of the parish church in 1871–1879. Powys appeared with a volume of verse ...

who had moved to Corwen in 1935, strongly identifying with his Welsh ancestry, also contributed four articles celebrating Wales and Welsh mythology, and his belief that aboriginal "Welsh blood", derived from early Berber or Iberian settlers, was behind the unique "peculiarity" or ''cynneddf'' of the true Welsh identity.John Cowper Powys, ''Obstinate Cymric'' (Carmarthen: Druid Press, 1947), pp. 7-17. Ten of Powys's essays (including these ''Wales'' articles) were subsequently collected and published by

and

' publishing house, The Druid Press, under the title ''Obstinate Cymric''. The magazine was a conscious attempt to provide a platform for 'younger progressive Welsh writers' who felt that their contribution to British culture was marginalised, and represented the creation of "Anglo-Welsh literature" (Welsh writing in English) as a concept.''Oxford Companion the Literature of Wales'' (1986), p. 622 The magazine has been digitised by the

Welsh Journals Online 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 b ...

project at the National Library of Wales.

Other journals called Wales

* O. M. Edwards published the monthly magazine ''Wales'' as the English-language version of '' Cymru'', 1894–1897. * J. Hugh Edwards edited the monthly magazine ''Wales'', 1911–1914.

External links

Wales magazine at Welsh Journals Online

References

{{Reflist Defunct literary magazines published in the United Kingdom Magazines established in 1937 Magazines disestablished in 1960 Literary magazines published in Wales