[2] Kate Roberts was born in the village of Rhosgadfan, on the slopes of Moel Tryfan, Caernarfonshire (Gwynedd today).

She went on to graduate in Welsh at the University College of North Wales, Bangor, which she attended from 1910 to 1913 under John Morris-Jones and Ifor Williams, and trained as a teacher.

The press published books, pamphlets and the Welsh-language weekly Y Faner (The Banner), for which Roberts wrote regularly.

Alan Llwyd's 2011 biography of Roberts used diaries and letters to shed fresh light on her private life and her relationship with Morris.

[6] For example, Roberts sent a letter to her husband describing the joy she felt when kissing another woman in Pontardawe, saying that nothing had ever made her more happy.

Of the novels that Roberts wrote, the most famous may have been Traed mewn cyffion (Feet in Chains, 1936), which reflected the hard life of a slate-quarrying family.

These letters give a picture of life in Wales during the period and record the comments of two literary giants on events at home and abroad.

In 1981, Kate Roberts: Bro a Bywyd, a book of 101 biographical photos, edited with an introduction by Derek Llwyd Morgan, was published by Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru, Cardiff.