Kate Roberts (author)

Kate Roberts
Kate Roberts
Born	(1891-02-13)13 February 1891 Rhosgadfan, Gwynedd, Wales
Died	14 April 1985(1985-04-14) (aged 94) Denbigh, Wales
Occupation	Author, novelist, political activist
Literary movement	Welsh-language literature
Notable works	Traed mewn cyffion (Feet in chains)

Kate Roberts (13 February 1891 – 14 April 1985) was one of the foremost Welsh-language authors of the 20th century. Styled Brenhines ein llên ('The Queen of our Literature'), she is known mainly for her short stories, but also wrote novels. Roberts was a prominent Welsh nationalist.^[1] In 1963, she was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature by Welsh scholar Idris Foster.^[2]