Literature
| Name | Born | Died | Description | Connection with Cardiff | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abse, DannyDanny Abse | 1923 | — | Poet and writer. | Born in Cardiff | |
| Clarke, GillianGillian Clarke | 1937 | — | Poet, was named the third National Poet of Wales in 2008. | Born in Cardiff | |
| Dahl, RoaldRoald Dahl | 1916 | 1990 | Author of works such as James and the Giant Peach, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, The Witches, Fantastic Mr Fox and The BFG. | Born in Radyr, Cardiff | |
| Follett, KenKen Follett | 1949 | — | Author of works such as The Key to Rebecca, Lie Down with Lions, Triple, and World Without End | Born in Cardiff | |
| Jones, BobiBobi Jones | 1929 | — | Welsh language academic and writer, former chair in Welsh language at Aberystwyth University. | Born in Cardiff | |
| Lacey, RobRob Lacey | 1962 | 2006 | Actor and author of The Word on the Street. | Born in Cardiff | |
| Lewis, GwynethGwyneth Lewis | 1959 | — | First National Poet of Wales, wrote the words which appear on the front elevation of the Wales Millenium Centre. | Born in Cardiff | |
| Morris, BrianBrian Morris | 1930 | 2001 | Poet, critic, professor of literature, and former education spokesman in the House of Lords | Born in Cardiff | |
| Nance, Robert MortonRobert Morton Nance | 1873 | 1959 | Cornish language author. | Born in Cardiff | |
| O'Harris, PixiePixie O'Harris | 1903 | 1991 | Poet, author, broadcaster, artist, illustrator and designer. | Born in Cardiff | |
| Rubens, BerniceBernice Rubens | 1928 | 2004 | Author of works such as Madame Sousatzka, The Elected Member (winner of the 1970 Booker Prize) and A Solitary Grief. | Born in Cardiff | |
| Spring, HowardHoward Spring | 1889 | 1965 | Author of works such as Fame Is the Spur and My Son, My Son! | Born in Cardiff | |
| Thomas, R. S.R. S. Thomas | 1913 | 2000 | Poet, nominated for the 1995 Nobel Prize for Literature. | Born in Cardiff | |
| Wyndham-Lewis, D. B.D. B. Wyndham-Lewis | 1891 | 1969 | Writer, biographer and editor, co-wrote the screenplay for The Man Who Knew Too Much. | Lived in Cardiff since childhood |
Read more about this topic: List Of People From Cardiff
Famous quotes containing the word literature:
“A book is not an autonomous entity: it is a relation, an axis of innumerable relations. One literature differs from another, be it earlier or later, not because of the texts but because of the way they are read: if I could read any page from the present time—this one, for instance—as it will be read in the year 2000, I would know what the literature of the year 2000 would be like.”
—Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986)
“Just as it is true that a stream cannot rise above its source, so it is true that a national literature cannot rise above the moral level of the social conditions of the people from whom it derives its inspiration.”
—James Connolly (1870–1916)
“This is not “writing” at all. Indeed, I could say that Shakespeare surpasses literature altogether, if I knew what I meant.”
—Virginia Woolf (1882–1941)