Caradog Prichard was born and grew up in the Gwynedd slate-quarrying town of Bethesda, in north-west Wales.
[2] Prichard began his career as a journalist with Welsh language newspapers in Caernarfon, Llanrwst and Cardiff, before moving to London, where he spent much of his life.
His best-known work is Un Nos Ola Leuad (1961), set in a mythologically subversive version of his native area.
[1] In addition to Un Nos Ola Leuad, he also wrote a number of short stories, Y Genod yn Ein Bywyd (1964), and a striking semi-fictional autobiography, Afal Drwg Adda (1973).
He had made his mark as a poet at an early age and was crowned Bard of the National Eisteddfod three years running between 1927 and 1929.