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Marion Eames


Born
in Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, The United Kingdom
February 05, 1921

Died
April 03, 2007

Genre
Historical Fiction


Marion Eames was a Welsh language novelist. Marion was born in Birkenhead, Cheshire, of Welsh parents, but was brought up in Dolgellau from the age of 4, where she attended Dr Williams's School. A talented musician (she played the harp and piano), she graduated from Guildhall College, London.

Marion worked as a librarian in Dolgellau then at Aberystwyth University before becoming a radio producer with the BBC in Cardiff. She was an early scriptwriter for the long running Welsh language soap Pobol Y Cwm and was also for a time a regional organizer for Plaid Cymru.

Her best-known work is Y Stafell Ddirgel ("The Secret Room"), published in 1969. This was later made into a BBC television drama series.

A follow on novel was Y Rhiandir Mwyn ("The Fa ...more

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Average rating: 3.72 · 67 ratings · 6 reviews · 19 distinct works
Y Stafell Ddirgel
3.72 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 1969 — 12 editions
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Y Rhandir Mwyn
3.50 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1972 — 3 editions
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I hela cnau
4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings
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A Private Language? - A Dip...
3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1997 — 3 editions
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Y Ferch Dawel
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1992
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Y gaeaf sydd unig
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1982
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Cyfres Sionyn a Siarli:1. S...
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Seren gaeth
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Dark Land
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Duwies y Llyn (Cyfres y Cym...
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