# Stuart Evans (author)

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Welsh novelist and poet (1934–1994)

**Edwin Stuart Gomer Evans** (20 October 1934 – 12 December 1994)[1] was a [Swansea](/source/Swansea)-born Welsh [novelist](/source/Novelist) and [poet](/source/Poet), raised in [Ystalyfera](/source/Ystalyfera) in Glamorgan.[2]

He read English at [Jesus College, Oxford](/source/Jesus_College%2C_Oxford), before serving in the Royal Navy. He then taught at [Brunel College of Advanced Technology](/source/Brunel_University_London). From the mid-1960s, he was employed by [BBC Radio](/source/BBC_Radio), London, to produce programmes for the Schools Broadcasting Department.[2]

His novels include *Meritocrats* (1974), *The Gardens of the Casino* (1976), *The Caves of Alienation* (1977), and the *Windmill Hill Sequence* of five novels which included *Centres of Ritual*, *Occupational Debris*, *Temporary Hearths*, *Houses on the Site*, and *Seasonal Tribal Feasts*. Prior to concentrating on novel writing, Evans had won the [Newdigate Prize](/source/Newdigate_Prize) in 1955 for his poem "Elegy for a Dead Clown".[3] He also published two collections of poetry, *Imaginary Gardens with Real Toads* (1972) and *The Function of the Fool* (1997). For his thrillers co-written with Kay Evans, he used the pseudonym Hugh Tracy.[4]

[Norman Shrapnel](/source/Norman_Shrapnel), in *[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian)*, wrote of Evans' debut novel *Meritocrats*, that "I can scarcely recall a more ambitious first novel ... and few more interesting ones".[5] [Philip Howard](/source/Philip_Howard_(journalist)), writing in *[The Times](/source/The_Times)*, described Evans as "my candidate for the [Juvenal](/source/Juvenal), I dare not say the [Martial](/source/Martial), of our generation."[6] Peter Lewis, in *[The Times Literary Supplement](/source/The_Times_Literary_Supplement)*, described Evans' *Windmill Hill Sequence* as "probably the most ambitious fictional work in progress by a British writer".[7]

Until the late 2000s much of his work was out of print, but two of his poems were included in the anthology *Poetry 1900–2000*,[2] published by the Library of Wales. The Library of Wales has also re-published his novel *The Caves of Alienation*,[8] described by Anthony Brockway as "One of the most ambitious Welsh novels of the twentieth century".[*[quote needs citation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Inline_citation#When_you_must_use_inline_citations)*] This is his most widely held book; according to [WorldCat](/source/WorldCat), it is held in 151 libraries. Evans was married to Kathleen Bridget Snelling, née Treacy (1932–1993), her second marriage.[9]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** "Obituary: Stuart Evans". *The Times*. 29 December 1994.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-MS_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-MS_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-MS_2-2) [Stephens, Meic](/source/Meic_Stephens) (2007). "Stuart Evans". *Poetry 1900–2000*. [Summersdale Publishers](/source/Summersdale_Publishers). p. 417. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9781848397224](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781848397224).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Elegy for the Death of a Clown" (The 1955 Newdigate prize poem.)](https://search.worldcat.org/en/title/558909242) in libraries ([WorldCat](/source/WorldCat) catalog)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [Tracy, Hugh](https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-nb2007027206/) in libraries ([WorldCat](/source/WorldCat) catalog)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Norman Shrapnel, *The Guardian*; November 21, 1974; p. 16;

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Philip Howard, "A Novel Today, a Classic for the Future", *The Times* (London, England), May 3, 1982; p. 8; Issue 61223

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Peter Lewis, *The Times Literary Supplement* (London, England), June 25, 1982; p. 702; Issue 4134

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** *Forward to The Caves of Alienation*, [Parthian Books](/source/Parthian_Books)/Library of Wales (2009). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-905762-95-8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-905762-95-8) with a foreword by [Duncan Bush](/source/Duncan_Bush)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["Kathleen Treacy"](https://www.myheritage.com/names/kathleen_treacy), [MyHeritage](/source/MyHeritage)

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- [Poetry](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Poetry)
- [Wales](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Wales)

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