NAISH, JOHN (JACK) (1923 - 1963), author and playwright

Vidonja Balanzategui, Bianka

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[Extract] John Naish was born on 24 April 1923 in Port Talbot, Glamorganshire, the third of four children of William John Frederick Naish, a carpenter, and his wife Sarah Ann (née Griffiths), a teacher. His siblings were older brothers William and Edward, and younger sister Lilian (Lily). He was educated at Eastern Primary School and Port Talbot Secondary School. He was keen on sport throughout his life, and represented his school at both rugby and cricket. However, the predominant interests in his life were literature and the dramatic arts, in which his talents were nurtured at school by Philip Henry Burton, a teacher who inspired some of his pupils to pursue a career in the dramatic arts - most notably Richard Burton - and others to study literature at university level as John's sister Lily did at Aberystwyth University.

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Dictionary of Welsh Biography

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The National Library of Wales and the University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies

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