Peter Stead (writer)

Peter Stead FLSW (22 August 1943 – 23 March 2026) was a Welsh writer, broadcaster and historian.[1]

Life and career

Stead was born in Barry, Wales on 22 August 1943. He attended grammar schools at Barry and Gowerton. Stead studied history at Swansea University under Prof Glanmor Williams, and was subsequently a visiting Fulbright scholar at Wellesley College, and at the University of North Carolina.

He was Chairman of the Dylan Thomas Literary Prize,[2] and along with the late Patrick Hannan, Stead was a member of the Welsh team in the radio series Round Britain Quiz for several years. In 2013, Stead was elected a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales.[3]

Stead died on 23 March 2026, aged 82.[4]

Works

References

  1. ↑ "Seren". Archived from the original on 26 October 2007. Retrieved 12 October 2009.
  2. ↑ "New Writing International". Archived from the original on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2009.
  3. ↑ Wales, The Learned Society of. "Peter Stead". The Learned Society of Wales. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  4. ↑ "'Cyfraniad unigryw i hanes modern Cymru': Teyrngedau i'r hanesydd a'r awdur Peter Stead". Golwg360 (in Welsh). 25 March 2026. Retrieved 25 March 2026.
  5. ↑ University of Wales Press Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
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