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Ron Berry
Ronald Anthony "Ron" Berry (23 February 1920 – 16 July 1997) was a Welsh author of novels and short stories. Born in the Rhondda Valleys where he remained for most his life, his books reflect the working class of the industrial valleys though his vision is more optimistic and there is less concern for politics and religion which was expressed by many of his contemporaries. Largely ignored during his lifetime, Berry has been embraced by more contemporary authors including Rachel Trezise and Niall Griffiths.
==Personal history==
Berry was born in 1920 in Blaencwm, a small village at the head of the Rhondda Fawr. The son of a coal miner, Berry left school at the age of 14, and he too took employment at a local colliery.〔 He remained a coal miner until the outbreak of World War II where he served in the British Army and later in the Merchant Navy.〔
Berry undertook several roles in his younger days, including amateur boxing and also played association football for Swansea Town, reportedly scoring a vital goal in a cup match. Though a knee injury in 1943 ended his sporting career. He later became a carpenter, working around Wales and in London.〔 He married Rene Jones in 1948, with whom he had five children, two sons and three daughters.〔〔 He took up various jobs, and wrote some early essays and poetry for which he was unable to find a publisher.〔 In the 1950s, Berry studied at Coleg Harlech, a further education college in Gwynedd. There he became an avid reader and honed his left-wing political views.〔 A failed attempt to enter teacher training college saw he and Rene return to the Rhondda, taking up residence in Treherbert.〔 It was in Treherbert, where he took on a job as the assistant manager of the local swimming baths, that he first began writing his first published novels.〔
His written works were never successful enough to allow Berry to be financially secure and in the 1970s he relied on several friends, and the support of Sir Wyn Roberts in obtaining for him a Civil list pension.〔〔 In his later life he was plagued with arthritis and poor health and he died in Pontypridd in 1997.
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