Gareth Miles

Gareth Miles (19 April 1938 – 6 September 2023) was a Welsh-language author, translator, and a founder of Cymdeithas yr Iaith.[1][2] He was a Marxist and translated Hamlet into the Welsh language from that perspective.[3]

In 2008 his book Y Proffwyd a’i ddwy Jesebel won the Wales Book of the Year for Welsh language fiction.[4]

Journalist Martin Shipton described him as "one of the most influential figures in the 20th century Welsh language movement."[5]

Miles was a strong advocate for the primacy of the dramatist in theatre over devised work. He described himself as a patriot rather than a nationalist.[6]

Gareth Miles died on 6 September 2023, at the age of 85.[7]

References
  1. BBC
  2. Wales Online
  3. Shakespeare and Wales: From the Marches to the Assembly. Edited by Willy Maley and Philip Schwyzer, page 216
  4. Wales Book of the Year site
  5. Shipton, Martin (7 September 2023). "Key Welsh language campaigner Gareth Miles dies at 85".
  6. Somerset, Adam (8 September 2023). "Gareth Miles in His Own Words". Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  7. "Yr awdur, dramodydd ac ymgyrchydd iaith Gareth Miles wedi marw". newyddion.s4c.cymru (in Welsh). 6 September 2023. Retrieved 6 September 2023.


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