T. Llew Jones
- He left school aged 16 and for a while was a pupil-teacher at his old school in Capel Mair.
- 1939: He fought during the Second World War in Italy and North Africa.
- After the war, he trained as a Teacher in Heath College, Cardiff.
- 1950: He became Headteacher of Tre-groes school, and won the prize for his englyn poem 'Ceiliog y Gwynt' (The Weather Cockerel) at the National Eisteddfod.
- 1957: He was appointed headteacher of Coed-y-bryn Primary School.
- 1958: He won the Chair at the National Eisteddfod, and again a year later.
- 1970: He helped make the Welsh Chess Union an independent union.
- 1975: He published one of his most famous novels, 'Tân ar y Comin'.
- 1976: He won the Tir na n-Og prize for the children’s novel 'Tân ar y Comin'.
- 1991: He wins the Mary Vaughan Jones Medal for his outstanding contribution to children’s literature.
‘T. Llew Jones had wide interests. He wrote extensively on folklore and mythology in English and in Welsh, in articles in, e.g. Llafar Gwlad and Carmarthenshire Life. He was a popular lecturer and a familiar voice and face in the media.’ – Idris Reynolds, Dictionary of Welsh Biography