Moelwyn Merchant

William Moelwyn Merchant (5 June 1913 – 22 April 1997) was a Welsh academic, novelist, sculptor, poet and Anglican priest.

Late in life he wrote a series of fictionalised accounts of biblical stories, including biographies of Jesus (Jeshua: Nazareth to Jerusalem), Elijah (Fire from the heights)[2] and Paul (A bundle of papyrus), and a treatment of the early history of the Israelites, Inherit the land.

Merchant published a number of books of poetry, including Breaking the Code (1975), No Dark Glass (1979) and Confrontation of Angels (1986), and also wrote libretti for Alun Hoddinott.

[4] He had numerous solo shows, and also exhibited jointly with Josef Herman; his work is still in demand.

Examples of it stand on the campuses of the Universities of Stirling (Growing Form),[5] Cardiff (British Triad), Exeter (Ascending Form and Tension) and Warwick (Triad); at the Margam sculpture park at Port Talbot; and in All Saints' Church, Leamington Spa (Confrontation of Angels).