Rhiannon Davies Jones

Rhiannon Davies Jones
Born(1921-11-04)4 November 1921
Died22 October 2014(2014-10-22) (aged 92)
NationalityWelsh
Occupations
  • Historical novelist
  • Lecturer
  • Welsh nationalist
Years active1952–2002

Rhiannon Davies Jones (4 November 1921 – 22 October 2014) was a Welsh historical novelist, lecturer and Welsh nationalist who wrote in Welsh. Educated at University College Bangor, she won two prizes for short novels, two Prose Medals at the National Eisteddfod of Wales and the crown at the 1973 Anglesey Eisteddfod. Jones published ten novels with her works covering fictional diaries, her political beliefs and responses to political events, and Welsh kings and princes.