ROBERTS, KATE

born Feb. 13, 1891, Rhosgadfan, Caernarvonshire, Wales died April 4, 1985, Denbigh, Clwyd one of the outstanding Welsh-language short-story writers of the mid-20th century. She was also a novelist and playwright. Her works are set in the quarrying districts of North Wales or in the mining villages of South Wales, where poverty is usually the harsh determinant of her characters' hopes and fates. Her works include O Gors y Bryniau (1925; From the Swamp of the Hills), Rhigolau Bywyd (1929; The Grooves of Life), Traed mewn Cyffion (1936; Feet in Chains, 1977), A Summer Day and Other Stories (1946), Stryd y Glep (1949; Gossip Street), and Y Byw Sy'n Cysgu' (1956; The Living Sleep, 1976).