This article is about the particular significance of the year 1955 to Wales and its people.

1955
in
Wales
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See also:List of years in Wales
Timeline of Welsh history
1955 in
The United Kingdom
Scotland
Elsewhere

Incumbents

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Events

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Arts and literature

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Awards

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  • National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Pwllheli)
  • National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair – Gwilym Ceri Jones, "Gwrtheyrn"[9]
  • National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown – W. J. Gruffydd, "Ffenestri"[10]
  • National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal – M. Selyf Roberts, Deg o'r Diwedd[11]
  • Emyr Humphreys wins the Somerset Maugham Award for Hear and Forgive.

New books

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English language

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Welsh language

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New drama

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Music

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Film

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Broadcasting

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Welsh-language television

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  • January – First televised Welsh-language play, Cap Wil Tomos

English-language television

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Sport

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Births

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Deaths

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See also

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References

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  2. ^ American Alpine Club (31 October 1997). American Alpine Journal, 1979. The Mountaineers Books. p. 36. ISBN 978-0-930410-75-9.
  3. ^ Cragg, Roger, ed. (1986). Civil Engineering Heritage: Wales and West Central England. London: Thomas Telford Publishing. p. 78. ISBN 0-7277-2576-9.
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  6. ^ David Williams (2005). About Cardiff. Graffeg. p. 21. ISBN 978-0-9544334-2-0.
  7. ^ Time & Tide. Time and Tide Publishing Company. July 1955.
  8. ^ John Davies; Nigel Jenkins; Menna Baines (2008). The Welsh Academy encyclopaedia of Wales. University of Wales Press. ISBN 978-0-7083-1953-6.
  9. ^ "Winners of the Chair". National Eisteddfod of Wales. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  10. ^ "Winners of the Crown". National Eisteddfod of Wales. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  11. ^ "Winners of the Prose Medal". National Eisteddfod of Wales. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  12. ^ Nick Bentley (2007). Radical Fictions: The English Novel in the 1950s. Peter Lang. p. 303. ISBN 978-3-03910-934-0.
  13. ^ John Pateman (2012). T.E. Lawrence in Lincolnshire. p. 55. ISBN 978-1-4717-6243-7.
  14. ^ "Dylan Thomas: A Child's Christmas in Wales". BBC Wales. 6 November 2008. Retrieved 18 December 2010.
  15. ^ W. Moelwyn Merchant (1979). R.S. Thomas. University of Arkansas Press. p. 27. ISBN 978-1-61075-333-3.
  16. ^ Geraldine Lublin (15 May 2017). Memoir and Identity in Welsh Patagonia: Voices from a Settler Community in Argentina. University of Wales Press. p. 223. ISBN 978-1-78316-968-9.
  17. ^ Meic Stephens (23 September 1998). The new companion to the literature of Wales. University of Wales Press. p. 719. ISBN 978-0-7083-1383-1.
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  25. ^ Moore, David (2012). A Taste of the Avant-garde: 56 Group Wales. Brecon, Powys: Crooked Window. p. 74. ISBN 978-0-9563602-1-2.
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  27. ^ Owen, O.L., ed. (1956). Playfair Rugby Football Annual 1955–56. London: Playfair Books Ltd.
  28. ^ "Autopsy Report of Ruth Ellis". Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  29. ^ "Obituary: Sir L. Lougher, Cardiff Shipowner". The Times. 30 August 1955. p. 11.
  30. ^ "The Final Curtain". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 22 October 1955. p. 48.
  31. ^ Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion (London, England) (1992). Trafodion Anrhydeddus Gymdeithas Y Cymmrodorion. The Society. p. 196.
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