Y llenor
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Y Llenor was a significant Welsh-language periodical that ran from 1922 to 1951. It played a crucial role in advancing Welsh prose and reflected the diverse activities of its contributors.12
The periodical's editor, W.J. Gruffydd, was a notable poet and essayist. Other contributors included Saunders Lewis, a poet, dramatist, and politician, and Sir Thomas Parry-Williams, a poet and essayist. R.T. Jenkins also contributed as an essayist and historian.12
Y Llenor effectively mirrored contemporary Welsh life through the contributions of novelists and short-story writers such as Tegla Davies, T. Rowland Hughes, Kate Roberts, and D.J. Williams. The periodical also featured innovators in literary form and subject matter like John Gwilym Jones and Islwyn Ffowc Ellis. The high standard set by Y Llenor was continued by other publications like Ysgrifau Beirniadol ("Critical Essays").1
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