Roland Glyn Mathias (4 September 1915 – 16 August 2007)[1] was a Welsh writer, known for his poetry and short stories.
His other writing includes books on David Jones, Vernon Watkins and John Cowper Powys, and Anglo-Welsh Poetry 1480–1980 with Raymond Garlick.
His career was in teaching, in Wales and elsewhere in the UK, notably serving as Headmaster of King Edward VI Five Ways School, Bartley Green, Birmingham, from 1964 to 1969.
The Roland Mathias Prize, a literary award, is administered by the Brecknock Society and Museum Friends and is named in his honour.
[2] There are collections of manuscripts and correspondence of Roland Mathias and of The Anglo-Welsh Review in the National Library of Wales.