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John Cledwyn Hughes (1920–1978), who wrote under the name Cledwyn Hughes, was an Anglo-Welsh writer of novels, children's books, and literary-topographical books about Wales. He was also a prolific short-story writer who was published in a wide range of popular and literary magazines including The New Yorker, Argosy and Woman and Home.
The Oxford Companion to the Literature of Wales [1] cites The Civil Strangers [2] (Phoenix House, 1950) as his most distinguished work and notes the fineness of his topographical writing, and of his writing for children.
Hughes was born at Llansantffraid-ym-Mechain in Montgomeryshire, [3] and died at Arthog, Merionethshire, where he and his wife Alyna lived from 1947. [4] An archive of his papers is held at the National Library of Wales. [3]
Over 250 short stories are known to have been published by Cledwyn Hughes. The first recorded published story being in 1943 ('Their Secret Sorrows' [15] in the Weekly Telegraph). The manuscripts of the majority of stories are available to researchers in the National Library of Wales archives.
The Confession | Selected Writing, No. 3, Nicholson and Watson 1946 |
The Housekeeper | Stories for All Moods, Pendulum Publications |
The Necessity | Moore (ed.), Modern Reading 11-12, Wells Gardner, Darton, 1945 |
The Unqualified | Aistrop & Moore (eds.), Bugle Blast: A Third Anthology From the Services, Allen & Unwin, 1945 |
Open up Them Pearly Gates | Tattoo |
The Basket | BBC Midland/Welsh Home Service, 20 Dec 1946 |
The Fifteen Shilling Marvel | Argosy, Nov 1946, |
The Heart of Mr Thomas | Our Time, December |
The Hedghog | Vaughan (ed.), Celtic Story, Pendulum, 1946 |
The Miracle | Life and Letters, March 1946 |
A Well Sung Carol | John Bull Magazine, Christmas Issue, 1947 |
Geekie's First Christmas | BBC Children's Hour, 21 December 1947, all regions |
Life After Death | Cronos' [?] Ohio State University Review |
Love Lit with Paraffin | John Bull Magazine, March? 1947 |
Pritchard's Bees | Wyatt (ed.), English Story 7th Series, Collins, 1947 |
Reece the Poles | John Bull Magazine, 15 November 1947 |
The Man who once Grew Christmas Trees | Harper's Bazaar Xmas Issue 1947 |
The Stepping Stones | Virginian Quarterly Review, June 1947 |
A Bucketful of Roses | Argosy, Oct 1948 |
An Armful of Wasps | John Bull Magazine, 26 June 1948 |
Cras and his Lucky Christmas | Lilliput Magazine, December 1948 |
Geekie's Wonderful Christmas | BBC Children's Hour, Welsh Home Service, 16 December 1948 |
How Shone the Tinker Retired | John Bull Magazine, 16 October 1948 |
Mr Pugh's Marmalade | Womans Magazine, April 1949 |
None so Blind | John Bull Magazine, 26 March 1948 |
Poaching the Ungodly Way | Strand Magazine, accepted September 1947, Published April 1948 |
Preece and his Duty | John Bull Magazine, 17 June 1948 |
Salty Jones | BBC Midland Region, 26 November 1948 |
The Best Dressed Horse | Argosy, April 1948 |
The Bright Gentleman | John Bull Magazine, 4 September 1948 |
The Christmas Acceptance | Weldons Ladies Journal, December 1948 |
The Circus | John Bull Magazine, 21 Feb 1948 |
The Leaf which Never Died | BBC Children's Hour, 14 April 1949 |
The Little Bishop | Argosy, Aug 1948 |
The New Shearer | John Bull Magazine, 17 April 1948 |
The Poachers | The Strand, 115(688), April 1948 |
The Remarkable Cider | John Bull Magazine, 16 December 1948 |
The Saint's Well | John Bull Magazine, 7 August 1948 |
The Tomato Plant | John Bull Magazine, 3 February 1949 |
Thomas at the Fair | John Bull Magazine, 18 November 1948 |
Miss Rees | |
A Little Rehearsal | John Bull Magazine, 15 April 1950 |
A Night Among the Roses | John Bull Magazine, 10 November 1949 |
A Tin Whistle at Christmas | John Bull Magazine, 23 December 1949 |
A Windmill and Twelve Cherry Trees | |
Black Maggie | Argosy, Dec 1949 |
Counting his Sundays | Weldons Ladies Journal, July 1949 |
Geekie and the Cuckoo Clock | Woman's Illustrated, [dates?] 1949 |
Geekie, Father Christmas, and the Remarkable Snowman | Womans Ilustrated, 24 December 1949 |
Grower of lavender and professor of magic | English Story' edited by Woodrow Wyatt, London, Collins |
The Black Horse | Pudney (ed.), The Pick of Today's Short Stories, Odhams, n.d. |
The Carnival | John Bull Magazine, 9 September 1949 |
The Christmas Mattress | Sketch, 21 December 1949 |
The Curious Captain of the Golden Rhubarb | BBC Special Children's story for Xmas morning, |
The Extraordinary Mr Ambrose | John Bull Magazine, 30 June 1949 |
The Visitation | Argosy, Jan 1949 |
Women from Distant Places | John Bull Magazine, 4 June 1949 |
A First Marvel | Weldons (accepted 11 September 1950] |
Five Good Dogs with Cold Noses | Home Magazine |
How Geekie Became a Chimney Sweep | Weldons, May 1955 |
Jenkins One Eye | John Bull Magazine, 21 January 1950 |
Miss Pugh and the Bishop | Lilliput Magazine, February 1951 |
The Atishoo Symphony Orchestra | Woman's Illustrated, [accepted 8 September 1950] |
The Lamb with the Tongue of Gold | Woman's Illustrated, March 1956 |
The Return of Meri | John Bull Magazine, 1 November 1950 |
The Seller of Sunshine and Controller of Rainbows | Home Journal, February 1956 |
The Two Musicians | John Bull Magazine, 9 September 1950 |
Towzer's Toothache | Woman's Illustrated |
All Tomorrow's Flowers | Argosy |
Emma and the Strong Man | John Bull Magazine, Summer Pie, 12 June 1952 |
Geekie and the Firework Factory | Woman's Illustrated, [published 1956?] |
Samuel Pugh's Bullfight | Lilliput Magazine, May 1951 |
The Dance | Pudney (ed.), The Pick of Today's Short Stories 3rdSeries, Odhams n.d. |
Moses and the Policeman | John Bull Magazine, November 15th 1952 |
The Old Fashioned Farm | Good Housekeeping, November 1953 |
The Ploughing Match | John Bull Magazine, 9 May 1953 |
A Wheel for a Queen | John Bull Magazine 22 April 1953 |
An Umbrella from the Sea | John Bull Magazine 10 June 1953 |
The Last Thatcher | John Bull Magazine, 28 October 1953 |
The Almond Tumblers | woman's journal, August 1956 |
The Corn Harvest | John Bull Magazine, 25 August 1954 |
The First Snow | Woman, 26 February 1955 |
The girl who wanted to dance | Brittania and Eve Magazine, October 1954 |
The Gramophone with the Green Horn | Pudney (ed.), The Pick of Today's Short Stories 5, Putnam, 1954 |
The Great Ash of Glas Coed | Argosy, June 1954 |
The Master of the Golden Game | John Bull Magazine, 5 May 1954 |
The Venerable Dog Event | Woman's Journal, August 1957 |
The White Pony | John Bull Magazine, 10 February 1954 |
Time to Visit the World | Weldons Ladies Journal, February 1954 |
How Geekie Saved Maurice the Mole | Woman and Home, September 1955 |
The Eternal Goddess | BBC Welsh Home Service, Tuesday 3, September 1957 |
The Young and the Old Victorias | John Bull Magazine, 12 November 1955 |
A Maythorn for a Monument | Brittania and Eve Magazine, February 1956 |
A Yellow Ribbon | John Bull Magazine |
The Skipper's Wife | John Bull Magazine, 11 April 1956 |
A Relic of the War | Evening Standard, 27 November 1957 |
Champion at the Golden Eagle | John Bull Magazine, 10 August 1957 |
The Mountain Main | Lilliput Magazine, November 1957 |
The Singing Football Match | John Bull Magazine, 19 January 1957 |
A Final Danger | Argosy/Woman's Journal [author's own query], |
A Punch on the Nose for London | Evening Standard, 5 November 1958 |
The Cockle Gatherer | Argosy, Sept 1958 |
The Perfect Canary | John Bull Magazine, 1 March 1958 |
A Song Before Winter | BBC Home Service, London, 18 November 1959, 10.30 pm |
Only a Green Shutter | Home (Fleetway Publications), Month? 1959 |
The Stock Car Race | Good Housekeeping, January 1961 |
The Strong Room | Suspense, October 1959 |
The Sugar Enchantress | Homes and Gardens |
Johnny's Miracle | BBC, Morning Story, Wales Region, 26 February 1960 |
A Dance on the Lawn | Saturday Evening Post, June 1961? |
Jericho and the Jumble Sale | Woman's Journal, June 1961 |
The White Stranger | The Evening News, 27 July 1961 |
A Journey for a Fragment of Snow | |
Our Miss Juliet | Housewife or Woman's Realm, September 1963 |
The Answer is not the echo | |
Just a few Bees | Modern Caravan, June, 1964 |
An Emotion of the Sea | Homes and Gardens, October 1965 |
Jazz Pony | Homes and Gardens, October 1964 |
Mary will Answer the Puppet | Woman's Day, USA, December 1964 |
The Coming of the Honey | Homes and Gardens, August 1966 |
The Green Eye in the Window | Homes and Gardens, August 1965 |
The Pony with the Strong Voice | Woman's Realm, 20 March 1965 |
A Day by the Ocean | Parents' Magazine, February, 1965 |
A Talent for Devotion | Woman's Realm, 18 October 1965 |
An Occasion for Music | She Magazine, December 1965 |
A Remembrance of Innocent Days | Woman's Mirror, accepted 2 August 1966 |
A Sort of Weather from the Seasons of Love | Woman's Realm, September 30, 1967 |
A Little White Powder, as Important as Life Itself | Men Only, May 1967 |
Longing for the Glorious Years | Argosy, June 1967 |
Taking a Bird on Honeymoon | Argosy, Oct 1967 |
There's a Cow Outside | Homes and Gardens, August, 1967 |
A Universe of Roses and Dreams | ? Accepted 23 November 1968 |
The Gentle Harpist [?] | Weekend, 13 August 1969 |
The Old Strollers' Carol Party | Argosy, Jan 1969 |
The Race for the White Rose | Argosy, May 1973 |
The Yard Man | Argosy, March 1973 |
Crying Off and On for a Fortnight | Rostrum, November/December 1972 |
A Handful of Leaves | Rostrum, March 1973 |
When the World is Calling | Anglo-Welsh Review, Spring (May), 1975 |
Night of the Summer Storm | Argosy, Aug 1973 |
Hughes's writing had an international reach and received attention in a wide range of literary and popular publications. His writing is described in contemporary reviews as poetic, showing whimsy and melancholia, or at times a darker sentiment. [44] [45] The Spectator (7 February 1947) welcomed the first longer works by Hughes (The Inn Closes for Christmas and The Different Drummer) describing them as 'Two vivid short novels by a brilliant young Welshman whose short stories have already established his reputation'. [46]
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