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Great Books Discussion Group - "How Green Was My Valley" by Richard Llewellyn | |
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Event Type: JP Library Event Age Group(s): Adults Date: 6/21/2022 Start Time: 7:00 PM End Time: 8:30 PM Description: As Huw Morgan is about to leave home forever, he reminisces about the golden days of his youth when South Wales still prospered, when coal dust had not yet blackened the valley. Drawn simply and lovingly, with a crisp Welsh humor, Llewellyn’s characters fight, love, laugh, and cry, creating a portrait of a people.
Library: East Bank Regional Library
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Richard Llewellyn (1906-1983), a Welsh novelist, was born in Hendon, England, in the county of Middlesex. Before World War II, he spent periods working in hotels, wrote a play, worked as a coal miner, and produced his best-known novel, How Green Was My Valley, as well as 19 other novels. After the war, he worked as a journalist, covering the Nuremberg Trials, and then as a screenwriter for MGM. Location: A/V Conference Room - 2nd Floor Contact: Gwen Kelley Contact Number: 504-849-8806 Presenter: Gwen Kelley |