Welsh novelist, playwright, games author, scriptwriter and musician
Manon Steffan Ros (born 19 January 1983[1]) is a Welsh novelist, playwright, games author, scriptwriter and musician (being one half of the acoustic duo 'Blodau Gwylltion').[2][3] She is the author of over twenty children's books and three novels for adults, all in Welsh. Her award-winning novel Blasu has been translated (by the author) into English, under the title of The Seasoning. In May 2021 she was described as "arguably the most successful novelist writing in Welsh at the moment".[4] In June 2023 she won the Yoto Carnegie Medal for The Blue Book of Nebo, her English translation of her novel Llyfr Glas Nebo.[5]
She is twice winner of the Drama Medal for playwrights at the National Eisteddfod of Wales and won the Prose Medal in 2018. In June 2017, she won the prestigious Tir na n-Og Award for the third time, in the primary school category, presented by the Welsh Books Council to honour the year's best Welsh-language book.
She won the Prose Medal at the National Eisteddfod 2018, for her work Llyfr Glas Nebo, written under her nom de plume Aleloia.[7] The novel won three Wales Book of the Year awards the following year (the Fiction category, People's Choice Award, and the overall Welsh-language award),[8] and was adapted into a touring theatre production by Frân Wen in 2020.[9] It has been translated into Arabic, Polish, Catalan, French and English.[10]
In 2023, Ros' own English translation of the novel, The Blue Book of Nebo, became the first novel in translation to win the prestigious Yoto Carnegie Medal for Fiction in the 87-year history of the award.[11]
Dafydd a Dad (transl. David and dad) (Y Lolfa, 2013)
Llanw (transl. Tide) (Y Lolfa, 2014)
Al, Cyfres Copa (Y Lolfa, 2014)
Y Dyn Gwyrdd a'r Coed Teg, Cyfres Cloch (transl. The Green Man and the Fairwood, Bell Series) (Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, 2014)
Diffodd y Golau, Cyfres y Geiniog, adapted for English as Turn Out the Light, The Penny Series (Canolfan Peniarth, 2015)
Annwyl Mr Rowlands, Cyfres y Geiniog, adapted to English as Dear Mr Rowlands, The Penny Series (Canolfan Peniarth, 2015)
Two Faces (Y Lolfa, 2016), adapted for Welsh by Elin Meek (Canolfan Peniarth, 2018)
Pluen (transl. Feather) (Y Lolfa, 2016)
Golygon (transl. Views) (Y Lolfa, 2017)
Fi a Joe Allen (transl. Me and Joe Allen) (Y Lolfa, 2018)
Llyfr Glas Nebo (transl. Blue Book of Nebo) (Y Lolfa, 2018), adapted for English by the author as The Blue Book of Nebo (Firefly Press/Deep Vellum, 2021)
Y Stelciwr, Stori Sydyn (transl. The Stalker, Quick Story) (Y Lolfa, 2017)
The Entertaining Characters series:
Sara Sero, Cyfres Cymeriadau Difyr (transl. Sara Zero, Entertaining Characters Series) (Canolfan Peniarth, 2018)
Alun Un, Cyfres Cymeriadau Difyr (transl. Alun One, Entertaining Character Series) (Canolfan Peniarth, 2018)
