Editing Richard Llewellyn (section)

==Biography==
Richard Herbert Vivian Lloyd (he later used the name "Richard Dafydd Vivian Llewellyn Lloyd") was born in [[Hendon]], [[Middlesex]] in 1906, the second child and only son of William Llewellyn Lloyd, a hotel clerk and later the assistant secretary to a club, and Sarah Anne, ''née'' Thomas.<ref>Contemporary Authors, Pamela Dear, Gale, 1999, p. 352</ref><ref>{{cite ODNB | url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-31372 | isbn=978-0-19-861412-8 | doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/31372 | title=Lloyd, Richard Dafydd Vivian Llewellyn &#91;pseud. Richard Llewellyn&#93; (1906–1983), novelist }}</ref> Only after his death was it discovered that Llewellyn's claim that he was born in [[St Davids]], [[West Wales]], was false.<ref name="BBC 1"/><ref>[http://www.archiveswales.org.uk/anw/browse_index.php?type=persons&page=list11#lbl1385 Llewellyn, Richard, 1906-1983] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212035056/http://www.archiveswales.org.uk/anw/browse_index.php?type=persons&page=list11 |date=2013-12-12 }}</ref>

In the U.S., Llewellyn won the [[List of National Book Award winners#1935 to 1941|National Book Award]] for favourite novel of 1940, voted by members of the [[American Booksellers Association]].<ref name=nyt1941>
"Books and Authors", ''The New York Times'', 16 February 1941, page BR12. ProQuest Historical Newspapers The New York Times (1851–2007).</ref>

He lived a [[Nomad|peripatetic]] existence, travelling widely throughout his life. Before [[World War II]] he spent periods working in [[hotel]]s, wrote a play, worked as a coal miner and produced his best-known novel. During [[World War II]] he rose to the rank of [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|Captain]] in the [[Welsh Guards]]. His sister Gwladys (a [[Royal Red Cross]] commandant) and her two daughters were killed during the bombing of London, in June 1944.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Llewellyn |first1=Richard |title=Down where the moon is small |date=1966 |publisher=New English Library |page=4 |edition=1976}}</ref> Following the war he worked as a journalist, covering the [[Nuremberg Trials]], and then as a [[screenwriter]] for [[MGM]]. During his lifetime, he lived in a variety of countries, including Italy, China, Brazil, Argentina, Kenya and Israel, in addition to Britain and Ireland.<ref name="Washington Post">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1983/12/02/richard-llewellyn-dies/0f09ac58-cca8-4b61-9e44-f2bf88279187|title=Richard Llewellyn Dies|newspaper=Washington Post|date=2 December 1983|access-date=15 July 2021}}</ref>

Llewellyn married twice: his first wife was Nona Theresa Catherine Sonsteby, whom he married in 1952 and divorced in 1968; his second wife was editor Susan Frances Heimann, whom he married in 1974.<ref>{{cite ODNB | url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-31372 | isbn=978-0-19-861412-8 | doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/31372 | title=Lloyd, Richard Dafydd Vivian Llewellyn &#91;pseud. Richard Llewellyn&#93; (1906–1983), novelist }}</ref><ref>Contemporary Authors, Pamela Dear, Gale, 1999, p. 352</ref>

Richard Llewellyn died of a heart attack in St. Vincent's Hospital, [[Dublin]] on 30 November 1983.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1983/12/02/richard-llewellyn-dies/0f09ac58-cca8-4b61-9e44-f2bf88279187/ |title=Richard Llewellyn Dies |date=1983-12-02 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |place=Washington, D.C. |issn=0190-8286 |oclc=1330888409}}</ref>