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Saunders Lewis (born John Saunders Lewis; 15 October 1893 – 1 September 1985) was a Welsh politician, poet, dramatist, Medievalist, and literary critic. Born into a Welsh-speaking ministerial family in Greater Liverpool, Lewis studied in a public school growing up.
Aug 30, 2011 · Learn about Saunders Lewis, a Welsh poet, novelist, dramatist, critic and politician who founded Plaid Cymru. Discover his life, works, nationalism, and legacy.
Saunders Lewis was born at 61 Falkland Road, Poulton-cum-Seacombe, Wallasey, Cheshire, on 15 October 1893, the second of three sons of Lodwig Lewis (1859-1933), a Calvinistic Methodist minister, and his wife Mary Margaret (née Thomas, 1862-1900).
Feb 10, 2012 · Saunders Lewis, DJ Williams and Lewis Valentine were sentenced to nine months imprisonment for their part in the affair and Lewis was dismissed - before the guilty verdict was...
Feb 13, 2012 · It is 50 years since the writer and political campaigner Saunders Lewis delivered a speech on the BBC Home Service, predicting the demise of the Welsh language. His words inspired a movement to...
Sep 29, 2014 · Tim Williams argues that Saunders Lewis, the founder of Plaid Cymru, was a crank and an extremist who advocated anti-semitism, neutralism and a monoglot Welsh-speaking nation. He challenges the book by Richard Wyn Jones that defends Lewis against the accusation of fascism.
England, Jones, dedicates his work to another Catholic Welshman born in England, Saunders Lewis, the Welsh dramatist, critic and. politician. From a hospital bed in 1972, shortly before his death, Jones. wrote an introduction to a volume of writings celebrating Lewis's.
