Gwyn Jones was a Welsh novelist and story writer, and a scholar and translator of Nordic literature and history. His translations include Four Icelandic Sagas (1935), The Vatndalers' Saga (1944), The Mabinogion (1948), Egil's Saga (1960), Eirik the Red and Other Icelandic Sagas (1961) and The Norse Atlantic Saga (1964). He also wrote A History of the Vikings (1968) and Kings, Beasts and Heroes (1972).

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  • Gwyn Jones was a Welsh novelist and story writer, and a scholar and translator of Nordic literature and history. His translations include Four Icelandic Sagas (1935), The Vatndalers' Saga (1944), The Mabinogion (1948), Egil's Saga (1960), Eirik the Red and Other Icelandic Sagas (1961) and The Norse Atlantic Saga (1964). He also wrote A History of the Vikings (1968) and Kings, Beasts and Heroes (1972). In honor of his scholarship, Jones received the Commander's Cross of the Order of the Falcon from the President of Iceland in 1963. In addition to his translations, he was an important author in the Anglo-Welsh tradition. His novels and story collections include Richard Savage (1935), Times Like These (1936), The Nine Days' Wonder (1937) and Garland of Hays (1938), The Buttercup Field (1945), The Flowers beneath the Scythe (1952), Shepherd's Hey (1953) and The Walk Home (1962). Jones also founded The Welsh Review in 1939, which he edited until 1948; this journal was important for raising discussion of Welsh issues and for attracting submissions from such authors as T. S. Eliot and J. R. R. Tolkien. He continued to support Welsh literature by chairing both the Welsh Committee of the Arts Council of Great Britain and the first editorial board of The Oxford Companion to the Literature of Wales. He also published three sets of lectures on Anglo-Welsh literature: The First Forty Years (1957), Being and Belonging (1977), and Babel and the Dragon's Tongue (1981).
  • I suoi lavori includono la traduzione delle seguenti saghe: "Four Icelandic Sagas", "The Vatndalers' Saga", "The Mabinogion", "Egil's Saga", "Eirik the Red and Other Icelandic Sagas" e "The Norse Atlantic Saga". Scrisse anche "A History of the Vikings" e "Kings, Beasts and Heroes". In aggiunta alle sue traduzioni, egli fu un importante autore di scritti sulle tradizioni anglo-gallesi. Le sue novelle e raccolte di storie includono "Richard Savage", "Times Like These", "The Nine Days' Wonder" e "Garland of Hays", "The Buttercup Field", "The Flowers beneath the Scythe", "Shepherd's Hey" e "The Walk Home". Jones fondò anche "The Welsh Review" nel 1939, che stampò sino al 1948; questo giornale era importante per innalzamento della discussione sugli studi e scritti gallesi e attirando gli interessi da parte di molti autori come T. S. Eliot e J. R. R. Tolkien. Egli continuò a supportare la letteratura gallese ottenendo un posto nel "Welsh Committee of the Arts Council of Great Britain". Contribuì inoltre alla letteratura anglo-gallese con tre testi: "The First Forty Years", "Being and Belonging", e "Babel and the Dragon's Tongue". Fu professore di lingua e letteratura inglese all'università di Aberystwyth nel Galles.
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  • Gwyn Jones was a Welsh novelist and story writer, and a scholar and translator of Nordic literature and history. His translations include Four Icelandic Sagas (1935), The Vatndalers' Saga (1944), The Mabinogion (1948), Egil's Saga (1960), Eirik the Red and Other Icelandic Sagas (1961) and The Norse Atlantic Saga (1964). He also wrote A History of the Vikings (1968) and Kings, Beasts and Heroes (1972).
  • I suoi lavori includono la traduzione delle seguenti saghe: "Four Icelandic Sagas", "The Vatndalers' Saga", "The Mabinogion", "Egil's Saga", "Eirik the Red and Other Icelandic Sagas" e "The Norse Atlantic Saga". Scrisse anche "A History of the Vikings" e "Kings, Beasts and Heroes". In aggiunta alle sue traduzioni, egli fu un importante autore di scritti sulle tradizioni anglo-gallesi.
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