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Grace Roberts has been announced as the winner of the Daniel Owen Memorial Prize for an unpublished novel at the 2010 National Eisteddfod.

Roberts, from Y Felinheli in Gwynedd, was awarded the prestigious medal, and £5,000, for her novel Adenydd Gloyn Byw (Butterfly Wings), written under the pseudonym of Spot y Ci.

Born in Pensarn, Anglesey, she graduated in Welsh from Bangor University. She is a former librarian and Roberts also worked as a scriptwriter for 10 years on popular Welsh soap opera Pobol Y Cwm.

No stranger to the Eisteddfod, she won the Eisteddfod Môn Prose Medal in 1988 and has also been successful in the National Eisteddfod's short story competition three times.

Roberts was unable to write for around five years due to depression and a nervous breakdown, but overcame this to write Adenydd Gloyn Byw.

The novel tells the story of three generations of women in the same family; Megan, a 70-year-old widow, her daughter Rhiannon - a 40-year-old single mother - and Eira Mai, the 17-year-old granddaughter.

Roberts has previously published a volume of her radio musings, Sgyrsiau Hogiau yn Bennaf, a volume of short stories entitled Dyddiau Teisen Bwdin, and two novels. She has also had stories and articles published in magazines and other collections.

Watch a video of the ceremony on the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Eisteddfod website.

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