Harri Elwyn Pritchard-Jones (3 October 1933 – 10 March 2015) was an English-born

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author, critic, and psychiatrist. Pritchard-Jones was born in Dudley,

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(now

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), but brought up and educated in

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. He studied at

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, before working as a doctor and

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in the

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area. He published his first

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book, ''Troeon'', in 1966, and during his life published 15 collections of poetry, short stories, and criticism, as well as novels, translations, and TV scripts. His work was itself translated into several languages.The Writers of Wales Database
retrieved 12 March 2015. Swansea University speaker biographies
retrieved 12 March 2015. He won awards from the

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and the Arts Council, and was a Fellow of the

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(''Yr Academi Gymreig''), an organisation of which he was chairman between 1991 and 1996. Pritchard-Jones was an active member of Plaid Cymru and unsuccessfully fought a number of local elections for the party in the Cardiff area. His last campaign was for the Eglwys Wen ward at the

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elections to South Glamorgan County Council when he finished fourth polling 211 votes.

Personal life

Pritchard-Jones married Lenna Harries. Their son is the journalist Guto Harri.

Death

Harri Pritchard-Jones died at the Marie Curie Hospital in Penarth, at the age of 81.BBC News, "Writer Harri Pritchard Jones dies aged 81"
11 March 2015; retrieved 12 March 2015.

References

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