Irma Chilton
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12 November 1930
Irma Chilton | |
|---|---|
| Born | Mair Elizabeth Irma Evans 12 November 1930 Loughor, Glamorgan, Wales |
| Died | 1 December 1990 (aged 60)[1] Wrexham, Wales |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Language | English, Welsh |
| Nationality | Welsh |
| Genre | Fiction for children |
| Spouse | Harry Chilton |
Irma Chilton (born Mair Elizabeth Irma Evans, 12 November 1930 – 1 December 1990), also known as I. M. Chilton, was a Welsh children's writer in the English and Welsh languages. She was a recipient of the Tir na n-Og Award presented by the Welsh Books Council, and of eisteddfod prizes.
Irma Evans was born in Loughor, in Glamorgan, close to the border with Carmarthen. Her parents were Iorworth Evans, a furnaceman, and his wife, Esther Jane Muxworthy Evans. She attended the University of Wales, where she earned a bachelor's degree in 1951.[2]
Writing
Chilton was a teacher. Chilton's first book, Take Away The Flowers & Fuller's World, combined two science fiction stories about a pilot character named Tom Davies; Heinemann published the volume in 1967.[3] She wrote children's books in both English and Welsh[4] and won eisteddfod prizes for them. They include the novels String of Time (1968, a time-travel story later retitled Nightmare (1972),[5][6] Goldie (1969, about a "calf-like" space creature who lands on an English farm),[7] The Time Button (1970), Strangers Up the Lane (1971), Rhwng cwsg ac effro (1975),[8] The Magic Cauldron and Other Folktales (1976),[9] A Spray of Leaves (1977),[10] The Witch (1979),[11] The Prize (1983),[12] Y Wobr (1984),[13] and Y Peiriant Amser (1986, about time-travelling children).[14] In 1989, she took the Crown for prose at the National Eisteddfod in Llanrwst, for Mochyn Gwydr.[2][15]
