Saunders Lewis
(1893-1985)

statesman and founder of Plaid Cymru

Died aged 91

Saunders Lewis (born John Saunders Lewis) (15 October 1893 – 1 September 1985) was a Welsh politician, poet, dramatist, Medievalist, and literary critic. He was a prominent Welsh nationalist, supporter of Welsh independence and was a co-founder of Plaid Genedlaethol Cymru (The National Party of Wales), later known as Plaid Cymru. Lewis is usually acknowledged as one of the most prominent figures of 20th century Welsh literature. In 1970, Lewis was nominated for a Nobel Prize in Literature. Lewis was voted the tenth greatest Welsh hero in the '100 Welsh Heroes' poll, released on St. David's Day 2004.

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Commemorated on 3 plaques

J. Saunders Lewis writer, visionary and statesman , a founder of Plaid Genedlaethol Cymru lived in this house (Bryn-y-Mor) from 1952 to 1985 [full inscription unknown]

English translation:

158 Westbourne Road, Penarth, United Kingdom where they lived (1952-1985)

Saunders Lewis 1893-1985 dramatist, literary critic, founder of Plaid Cymru lived in a house on this site 1916-1924 [full inscription unknown]

Hanover Street, Swansea, United Kingdom where they lived (1916-1924)

Dadorchuddiwyd y llechen hom gan Dafydd Wigley AC AS ar 29 Gorffennaf 200 i goffau sefydlu Plaid Genedlaethol Cymru mewn cyfarfod yn yr adeilad hwn 75 mlynedd ynghynt. Y chwe dyn yn y cyfarfod hwnnw oedd Moses Griffith, Fred Jones, H. R. Jones, Saunders Lewis, Lewis Valentine, D. Edmund Williams. This plaque was unveiled by Dafydd Wigley AM MP on July 29 200 to mark the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Welsh Nationalist Party at a meeting in this building. The six men present at that meeting were Moses Griffith, Fred Jones, H. R. Jones, Saunders Lewis, Lewis Valentine, D. Edmund Williams

Y Maes, Pwllheli, United Kingdom where they founded (1925)