Dick King-Smith

Nofelydd plant o Loegr oedd Ronald Gordon King-Smith, OBE (27 Mawrth 1922 – 4 Ionawr 2011).

Cefndir
Magwyd Dick King-Smith yng Ngwlad yr Haf, ei dad oedd y Capten Ronald King-Smith D.S.O., M.C., a oedd yn berchennog nifer o felinau bapur. Roedd ei fam Grace (née Boucher) yn ferch i 'r chwaraewr rygbi tîm Cymru, Arthur Boucher. Addysgwyd King Smith yn Ysgol Parc Beaudesert a Choleg Marlborough. Roedd yn filwr yn yr Ail Ryfel Byd, yn gwasanaethu gyda'r Grenadier Guards yn yr Eidal. Ar ôl y rhyfel bu'n ffermwr am 20 mlynedd cyn iddo ddod yn athro yn Ysgol Gynradd Farmborough ac awdur. Llyfr cyntaf King-Smith oedd The Fox Busters, a gyhoeddwyd ym 1978 tra roedd yn byw ac yn dysgu yn Farmborough. Roedd yn awdur toreithiog; ysgrifennodd dros gant o lyfrau. Yn ddiweddarach yn ei fywyd bu’n byw yn Queen Charlton, pentref ffermio bach ger Bryste, gan gyfrannu at gynnal a chadw’r ardal leol fel is-lywydd Ymddiriedolaeth Bywyd Gwyllt Avon.

Cyflwynodd eitemau nodwedd ar anifeiliaid ar raglen blant TV-AM, Rub-a-Dub Tub (1983). 
Teulu
Priododd ei wraig gyntaf, Myrle, ym 1943. Ganwyd iddynt dri o blant: Juliet, Giles a Liz. Bu farw Myrle yn 2000, ac wedi hynny priododd King-Smith â Zona Bedding, ffrind i'r teulu.

Marwolaeth
Bu farw King-Smith yn ei gartref ger Caerfaddon, Gwlad yr Haf, ar 4 Ionawr 2011 yn 85 oed. Goroeswyd ef gan dri o blant, 14 o wyrion, pedwar o or-wyrion ac un gor-or-wyres.

Llyfryddiaeth
 The Fox Busters (1978), cyfieithiad Cymraeg: Wham-Bam-Bang! (1996)
 Daggie Dogfoot (1980)
 Magnus Powermouse (1982)
 The Queen's Nose (1983)
 The Sheep-Pig  (1983), cyfieithiad Cymraeg: Y Mochyn Defaid (1998)
 Saddlebottom (1985)
 Noah's Brother (1986)
 The Hodgeheg (1987), cyfieithiad Cymraeg: Nogdrae (1999)
 Tumbleweed (1987)
 Farmer Bungle Forgets (1987)
 Friends and Brothers (1987)
 Cuckoobush Farm (1987)
 George Speaks (1988)
 The Mouse Butcher (1988)
 Emily's Legs (1988)
 Water Watch (1988)
 Dodo Comes to Tumbledown Farm (1988)
 Tumbledown Farm - The Greatest (1988)
 The Jenius (1988)
 Ace (1990)
 Sophie
 Sophie's Snail (1988)
 Sophie's Tom (1991)
 Sophie Hits Six (1991)
 Sophie in the Saddle (1993)
 Sophie Is Seven (1994)
 Sophie's Lucky (1995)
 Alice And Flower And Foxianna (1989)
 Beware of the Bull (1989)
 The Toby Man (1989)
 Dodos Are Forever (1989)
 The Trouble with Edward (1989)
 Jungle Jingles (1990)
 Blessu (1990)
 Hogsel and Gruntel (1990)
 Paddy's Pot of Gold (1990)
 Alphabeasts (1990)
 The Water Horse (1990)
 The Whistling Piglet (1990)
 The Jolly Witch (1990)
 Bernard The Magical Toilet Brush(1993)
 Mrs. Jollipop (1996)
 Mrs. Jolly's Brolly (1998)
 The Cuckoo Child (1991)
 The Guard Dog (1991)
 Martin's Mice (1991)
 Lightning Strikes Twice (1991)
 Caruso's Cool Cats (1991)
 Dick King-Smith's Triffic Pig Book (1991)
 Find the White Horse (1991)
 Horace and Maurice (1991)
 Lady Daisy (1992)
 Pretty Polly (1992)
 The Finger Eater (1992)
 The Ghost At Codlin Castle And Other Stories (1992)
 Super Terrific Pigs (1992)
 The Invisible Dog (1993)
 All Pigs Are Beautiful (1993)
 The Merrythought (1993)
 The Swoose (1993)
 Uncle Bumpo (1993)
 Dragon Boy (1993)
 Horse Pie (1993)
 Harry's Mad (1993)
 Connie and Rollo (1994)
 The School Mouse (1994)
 Triffic: A Rare Pig's Tale (1994)
 Mr. Potter's Pet (1994)
 Harriet's Hare (1994)
 The Excitement of Being Ernest (1994)
 I Love Guinea Pigs (1994)
 Three Terrible Trins (1994)
 Happy Mouseday (1994)
 Bobby the Bad (1994)
 The Clockwork Mouse (1995)
 King Max the Last (1995)
 Omnibombulator (1995)
 The Terrible Trins (1995)
 Warlock Watson (1995)
 All Because of Jackson (1995)
 The Stray (1996)
 Clever Duck (1996)
 Dirty Gertie Macintosh (1996)
 Smasher (1996)
 Godhanger (1996)
 Winter Wonderland (1996)
 Treasure Trove (1996)
 Mixed-up Max (1997)
 What Sadie Saw (1997)
 The Spotty Pig (1997)
 A Mouse Called Wolf (1997)
 Robin Hood And His Miserable Men (1997)
 Thinderella (1997)
 Puppy Love (1997)
 The Merman (1997)
 Round About 5 (1997)
 Mr Ape (1998)
 How Green Was My Mouse (1998)
 The Big Pig Book (1998)
 Creepy Creatures Bag (1998)
 The Robber Boy (1998)
 Pig in the City (1999)
 Poppet (1999)
 The Roundhill (2000)
 Spider Sparrow (2000)
 Just in Time (2000)
 The Magic Carpet Slippers (2000)
 Julius Caesar's Goat (2000)
 Mysterious Miss Slade (2000)
 Billy the Bird (2000)
 Lady Lollipop (2000)
 Back to Front Benjy (2001)
 The Great Sloth Race (2001)
 Fat Lawrence (2001)
 Funny Frank (2001)
 Chewing The Cud (cofiant) (2001)
 Titus Rules! (2002)
 Billy the Bird / All Because of Jackson (2002)
 Story Box (2002)
 The Golden Goose (2003)
 Traffic (2003)
 Clever Lollipop (2003)
 The Adventurous Snail (2003)
 The Nine Lives of Aristotle (2003)
 Aristotle (2003)
 Just Binnie (2004)
 The Catlady (2004)
 Under the Mishmash Trees (2005)
 Hairy Hezekiah (2005)
 Dinosaur Trouble (2005)
 Nosy (2005)
 The Mouse Family Robinson (2007)

Cyfeiriadau

Categori:Genedigaethau 1922
Categori:Llenorion plant Saesneg
Categori:Llenorion yr 20fed ganrif o Loegr
Categori:Llenorion yr 21ain ganrif o Loegr
Categori:Marwolaethau 2011
Categori:Nofelwyr Saesneg
Categori:Nofelwyr o Loegr