Mimpriss, Rob

Richard Hughes Williams (also known as Dic Tryfan; b. Rhostryfan, Gwynedd, 1878; d. Tregaron, Ceredigion, 1919) was a writer and journalist and an early innovator and populariser of the short story in Welsh. His short stories were published in a range of Welsh magazines and newspapers during his lifetime, and in two volumes of short stories, Straeon y Chwarel (Cwmni y Cyhoeddwyr Cymreig, 1914) and Tair Stori Fer (Hughes a'i Fab, 1916). A collection of his work, Storiau Richard Hughes Williams, was published posthumously (Cardiff: Hughes a'i Fab, 1932/1994); while an individual short story, 'Yr...