A MULTI-award winning author has achieved yet more adulation for her work.

In a ceremony held this week of the Urdd Eisteddfod at Bridgend, it was announced that Manon Steffan Ros, who lives in Tywyn, was a winner in the Welsh-language Tir na n-Og Award.

The Tir na n-Og Awards are presented annually by the Welsh Books Council to the authors of the best books for children and young people published during the previous year.

The awards were established in 1976, and over the years they have been presented to some of the best authors of children’s books in Wales.

This is the third time that Manon Steffan Ros has achieved success in the awards, where she won the secondary category for her book Pluen.

Luned Aaron won the primary category with ABC Byd Natur.

Pluen tells the story of 12-year-old Huw as he works on a school summer project about the Second World War, which soon becomes a journey of discovery about his great uncle Hywel and his part in the conflict.

Literature expert W Gwyn Lewis, said: “As the story unfolds and the relationships intensify, the novel explores a number of rich and challenging themes – such as conflict and peace, ageing and dementia – and offers the opportunity for the author to deal with inter-generational relationships in a sensitive and lyrical way."

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