tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post8993691317864816901..comments2024-03-28T13:49:48.236+00:00Comments on Magnon's Meanderings: Islwyn Ffowc-Elis.Cro Magnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-91144948339547757862011-06-17T05:30:27.502+01:002011-06-17T05:30:27.502+01:00Molly. I think that's what every resident of M...Molly. I think that's what every resident of Montgomeryshire did in '59, '62, and '64.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-18021658349086090392011-06-16T21:29:44.273+01:002011-06-16T21:29:44.273+01:00Cro - what can I say! The truth is I am so allergi...Cro - what can I say! The truth is I am so allergic to Plaid Cymru, I voted Conservative at the last election just to stop the boggers getting in!Mollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08604864977387798470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-48843320630139439672011-06-16T19:50:25.969+01:002011-06-16T19:50:25.969+01:00Oh Cro, dear man, you've got to put it into th...Oh Cro, dear man, you've got to put it into the proper perspective. The gentleman in question is an accomplished writer, so by all means, claim his blood. Now, if he were a horse thief or crooked politician, (forgive the redundancy) THEN you distance yourself by claiming a minimal family connection.Susan Flett Swiderskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09425315552148200073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-78923194077707520102011-06-16T15:24:50.025+01:002011-06-16T15:24:50.025+01:00Sion. Thanks for that info'. How strange that ...Sion. Thanks for that info'. How strange that there should be a current exhib' also. I wouldn't have been so derogatory about his political and religious careers, had I known! <br /><br />Willow. 'Family' is probably too strong a word. Just my mum's distant cousin.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-24755712858175097382011-06-16T13:44:48.267+01:002011-06-16T13:44:48.267+01:00Thanks for the introduction, Cro. Fascinating that...Thanks for the introduction, Cro. Fascinating that he is family. I must find some of his writing.Tess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-67365456874062667102011-06-16T13:44:17.562+01:002011-06-16T13:44:17.562+01:00Islwyn Ffowc-Elis's other famous work is '...Islwyn Ffowc-Elis's other famous work is 'Wythnos yng Nghymru Fydd' ('A week in Wales of the future ... Cymru Fydd was also the Welsh name for the Young Wales nationalists movement of the late C19).<br /><br />The book follows the story of a Welshman transposed from the Wales of 1957 to Wales of 2033. <br /><br />One part of the novel is the 'utopian' version - a rich, vibrant country where everyone can speak Welsh. The other half is the 'distopia' where the author meets the last Welsh-speaker, an old woman in Bala on her death-bed. Wales is a country used for forestry and vacation and is now called Western England. More info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wythnos_yng_Nghymru_Fydd<br /><br />The book had a strong influence on the nationalist and linguistic movement in Wales galvinising people to campaign to make sure Welsh didn't die out and that Wales didn't become the West of England. <br /><br />The genre of the book is in the same tradition as Theodor Herzl's 'Altneuland' book for the Jewish public in 1902.<br /><br />There's a small exhibition on Islwyn Ffowc currently at the National Library of Wales in Aberystwyth. There's also a talk about him by his biographer, Dr Robin Chapman on 29 June. <br />http://www.llgc.org.uk/index.php?id=158 <br /><br />SiƓn<br />The National Library of WalesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-7301508554743999502011-06-16T12:51:08.263+01:002011-06-16T12:51:08.263+01:00Hadn't heard of him either, but what an intere...Hadn't heard of him either, but what an interesting name he has.Amy Saiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00346366018143891761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-45009967962242261922011-06-16T12:11:39.277+01:002011-06-16T12:11:39.277+01:00Thanks Anon. I'll add it to my next Amazon lis...Thanks Anon. I'll add it to my next Amazon list.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-37602318326421734272011-06-16T11:28:35.595+01:002011-06-16T11:28:35.595+01:00Cysgod Y Cryman (Shadow of the Sickle) is really w...Cysgod Y Cryman (Shadow of the Sickle) is really worth reading and is readily available in English. It was voted the Welsh Language book of the century. <br /><br />It is a story about a young man (roughly based on the author) from a rural farm going to University and changing his outlook and the conflict this causes at home. It is a really good portrait of Wales at a time when society was being transformed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-30938947880911773342011-06-16T10:04:10.999+01:002011-06-16T10:04:10.999+01:00That is really interesting, I imagine he would hav...That is really interesting, I imagine he would have equally enjoyed telling of his far distant artist 12 times removed cousin ..carole johnstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05721058683205450682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-88129314346280908802011-06-16T09:57:55.742+01:002011-06-16T09:57:55.742+01:00Only a tad Tom; my mother's father was Welsh. ...Only a tad Tom; my mother's father was Welsh. Hence, I suppose, this connection.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-5587651815890331512011-06-16T09:50:21.026+01:002011-06-16T09:50:21.026+01:00I didn't know you had any Welsh in you, Cro. ...I didn't know you had any Welsh in you, Cro. Ask nicely and you could probably have some more.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-8203339005850933222011-06-16T08:32:57.996+01:002011-06-16T08:32:57.996+01:00I have never heard of him either; We did not do We...I have never heard of him either; We did not do Welsh literature in school, I don't know if they do it now? I can still speak a bit of Welsh - count to ten etc and the town with th e longest name! <br />Going back to Llandudno in July - looking forward to it!!!!Living the frugal life in Francehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15620598210939499286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-35687700087166764332011-06-16T08:19:14.239+01:002011-06-16T08:19:14.239+01:00Iam only a stones throw from Wrexham... love the n...Iam only a stones throw from Wrexham... love the name Islwyn....I know at least three in our village!<br />shame that most youngsters hereare now called Dean, AND JOSHJohn Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-56591782422501042532011-06-16T08:03:00.881+01:002011-06-16T08:03:00.881+01:00We lived there for a short while also; not far fro...We lived there for a short while also; not far from Oswestry, but on the Welsh side.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-39913712735336316702011-06-16T06:27:01.228+01:002011-06-16T06:27:01.228+01:00Hello:
A fascinating piece of information about a ...Hello:<br />A fascinating piece of information about a man whom, rather shamefully, we had not previously heard. And, as one of Wales's most celebrated, or at least best known writers, albeit in Welsh, then perhaps we should have known of him. After all, we did live in the Welsh Marches for twenty-five years.Jane and Lance Hattatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16831890261259302647noreply@blogger.com