by his own Welsh-language culture and chapel background. List of works Deng Noswaith Yn y `Black Lion` (1859) Offrymau Neilltuaeth (1879) Y Dreflan (1881) Rhys Lewis (1885) Y Siswrn (1886) Enoc Huws (1891) Gwen Tomos (1894) Straeon y Pentan (short stories) (1895) Legacy Although not the first to write novels in Welsh, Owen is the earliest Welsh-language novelist still widely read. He is credited with starting a tradition of novel-writing in Welsh that influenced later fiction writers such as Kate Roberts and T. Rowland Hughes. Owen is commemorated in Mold by a statue and the name of a shopping precinct and cultural centre. He is also remembered in the Daniel Owen Memorial Prize (Gwobr Goffa Daniel Owen), awarded at the National Eisteddfod since 1978, whenever there are entries of high enough quality, for the best unpublished novel of no less than 50,000 words with a strong story. Mold also centres an annual cultural festival on Owen's life and works. References External links The Daniel Owen Festival Welsh-language novelists Welsh male novelists 1836 births 1895 deaths 19th-century Welsh writers 19th-century Welsh novelists People from Mold, Flintshire