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June 2004: Jason and Jerry and the Battle for Book of the Year

Two of the three titles sharing the short list for the Welsh Book of the Year 2004 award have been written by members of the Department of Welsh, University of Wales, Bangor.

Llwch Cenhedloedd by Dr Jerry Hunter’s is a pioneering study of the Welsh and the American Civil War whilst Gororau’r Iaith by Dr Jason Walford Davies is an equally pioneering study of the relationship between the poetry of R. S. Thomas and the Welsh literary tradition.

And the name of the winner announced in a glittering ceremony in Cardiff’s Hilton Hotel?  Dr Jerry Hunter.  Both writers are to be congratulated on their striking achievement.

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