Harri Pritchard Jones

Harri Elwyn Pritchard Jones (1933 – 11 March 2015) was an English-born Welsh language author, critic, and psychiatrist.

Harri Pritchard Jones was born in Dudley, West Midlands, but brought up and educated in Anglesey. He studied at Trinity College, Dublin, before working as a doctor and psychiatrist in the Cardiff area. He published his first Welsh language book, Troeon, in 1966, and during his life published fifteen collections of poetry, short stories, and criticism, as well as novels, translations, and TV scripts. His work was itself translated into several languages. He won awards from the National Eisteddfod and the Arts Council, and was a Fellow of the Welsh Academy (Yr Academi Gymreig), an organisation of which he was chairman between 1991-96.

Pritchard Jones married Lenna Harries. Their son is the journalist Guto Harri.

Harri Pritchard Jones died in 2015 at the age of 81.

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