Owain Owain (1929 - 1993) was a writer, physicist and language activist. He founded Tafod Y Ddraig , the Welsh Language Society newspaper which remains a cornerstone of Welsh-language activism, as well as the ubiquitous 'Dragon's Tongue' logo. A prolific and eclectic writer, his biography Mical (1976, Gwasg Gomer) won Literature Wales's Book of the Year award. His novel Y Dydd Olaf ( The Last Day ) was the inspiration for musical artist Gwenno Saunders' 2014 album of the same name. Emyr Wallace Humphreys translates from Welsh and Portuguese to English, and from English to Welsh. A graduate of the MA programme in Translation Studies at University College London, he has had literary translations published in journals such as The White Review , Your Impossible Voice and Joyland Magazine . In 2022 he was awarded a bursary to attend the Bristol Translates literary translation summer school and is a Visible Communities mentee for the National Centre for Writing's 2022-2023 Emerging Translator Mentorship programme.
The Last Day