Dictionary of Welsh Biography

LLOYD, DAVID TECWYN (1914 - 1992), literary critic, author, educationalist Academy) was established and its journal Taliesin began to appear; within a year or two Tecwyn Lloyd was appointed editor, a post that he held for 25 years. This was the period, too, when he began to publish his volumes of literary criticism, short stories and portraits. See the list below. Tecwyn Lloyd had a strong sense of humour and was something of a trickster. He 'created' a Welsh writer, E. H
HEYCOCK, LLEWELLYN (LORD HEYCOCK OF TAIBACH), (1905 - 1990), prominent leader in local government in Glamorganshire erected as a memorial hall), Taliesin Mainwaring, Rees Llewellyn and Robert (Bob) Williams who fought unsuccessfully as the Labour candidate in the Aberavon constituency in the 'Khaki' Election of 1918. Heycock came under the charisma of Ramsay MacDonald and his oratory as a socialist propagandist, and they celebrated in Port Talbot when he won the seat from the Liberals in November 1922. Later
GROSSMAN, YEHUDIT ANASTASIA (1919 - 2011), Jewish patriot and author journals (including Llais Llyfrau, Planet, Tafod y Ddraig, Taliesin, and Barn), and as a broadcaster (for example to the BBC Home Service). She used the experience of being raised in Palestine and of her youth there to stimulate change in Wales. At times, the nationalist establishment, led by Plaid Cymru and its president, Gwynfor Evans, was uncomfortable with this association, especially in the wake of
TALIESIN HIRAETHOG - see DAVIES, JOHN
TALIESIN ab IOLO - see WILLIAMS, TALIESIN
TALIESIN O EIFION - see JONES, THOMAS
TALIESIN CRAIG-Y-FELIN - see THOMAS, THOMAS EMLYN

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