Glyn Hughes (writer)

Glyn Hughes (25 May 1935 – 24 May 2011) was an English poet, novelist and artist.

Glyn Hughes was born on 25 May 2011 in Altrincham. Hughes attended Altrincham Grammar School for Boys and afterwards attended a local art college and later trained to be a teacher. Hughes worked as a teacher for 10 years before becoming a full-time writer in 1968.[1]

His 1982 novel Where I Used to Play on the Green won the Guardian Fiction Prize[2][1] and David Higham Prize for Fiction.[3] His Millstone Grit was published in 1975 and was included in "William Atkins's top 10 books of the moor" in 2014,[4] and was republished by Little Toller Books in 2022 with an introduction by Ben Myers.[5]

Hughes died from cancer on 24 May 2011, at the age of 75.[1][6]

Selected publications
  • Towards the Sun: poems & photographs (1971, Harry Chambers, Phoenix Pamphlet Poets, Manchester)
  • Millstone Grit (1975, Readers Union: ISBN 978-0575017436)
  • Where I Used to Play on the Green (1982, Gollancz: ISBN 978-0575029972)
  • Life Class (2009, Shoestring: ISBN 9781904886983)
  • A Year in the Bull-box (2011, Arc: ISBN 9781906570798)

References
  1. Pownall, David (2 June 2011). "Glyn Hughes obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  2. "Guardian Fiction Prize - britishliteraryprizes". University of North Carolina. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  3. "Book awards: David Higham Prize for Fiction". LibraryThing.com. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  4. Atkins, William (4 June 2014). "William Atkins's top 10 books of the moor". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  5. Myers, Ben. "Millstone Grit". www.caughtbytheriver.net. Retrieved 12 September 2022. Text of introduction to new edition
  6. "HebWeb: Lives remembered - Glyn Hughes". www.hebdenbridge.co.uk. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
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