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List of Welsh language poets Much of Welsh language poetry has, until quite recently, been composed in various forms of strict metre (''canu caeth''), latterly with the encouragement of the eisteddfod movement. The following list is as inclusive as possible for the years pr ...

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Richard Ithamar Aaron Richard Ithamar Aaron, (6 November 1901 – 29 March 1987), was a Welsh philosopher who became an authority on the work of John Locke. He also wrote a history of philosophy in the Welsh language. Early life and education Born in Blaendulais, ...

(1901–1987) * William Ambrose (Emrys) (1813–1873) *

Gwynn ap Gwilym Gwynn ap Gwilym (1950 – 31 July 2016) was a Welsh poet, novelist, editor and translator. He was born in Bangor but raised in Machynlleth, in Gwynedd, north-west Wales. He was educated at University of Wales, University College, Galway and ...

(1950–2016) *

Charles Ashton Charles Ashton may refer to: *Charles Ashton (historian) (1848–1899), Welsh literary historian and bibliophile *Charles Ashton (divine) (1665–1752), scholar and divine * Charles Ashton (actor) (1884–1968), British actor and novelist See also ...

(1848–1898)

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William Ambrose Bebb William Ambrose Bebb (4 July 1894 – 27 April 1955) was a Welsh language critic, author and politician. Ambrose Bebb was the son of diarist Edward Hughes Bebb, and the father of noted Welsh rugby international Dewi Bebb. The family came from Ca ...

(1894–1953) * Tom Beynon (1886–1961) * John Blackwell (Alun) (1797–1841) *

Käthe Bosse-Griffiths Käthe Bosse-Griffiths (16 July 1910 – 4 April 1998) was an eminent Egyptologist. Born in Germany, she moved to Britain as a political refugee and married a Welshman. She became a writer in the Welsh language, and made a unique contribution ...

(1910–1998) * David James Bowen (1925–2017) * Euros Bowen (1904–1988) * Geraint Bowen (1915–2011) *

Siôn Bradford Siôn Bradford (1706–1785) was a Welsh language poet, from Betws, Tir Iarll, Glamorgan, in south Wales. Although a minor poet himself he is important as the poetic teacher of Edward Williams (Iolo Morganwg Edward Williams, better known by ...

(1706–1785) * Robert Bryan (1858–1920)

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Rhys Cadwaladr Rhys Cadwaladr ( fl. 1666–1690) was a Welsh language poet and classical scholar, born in Conwy, north Wales Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the east, the Irish Sea to the ...

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1666–1690) * David Charles (1762–1834) *

Thomas Charles Thomas Charles (14 October 17555 October 1814) was a Welsh Calvinistic Methodist clergyman of considerable importance in the history of modern Wales. Early life Charles was born of humble parentage at Longmoor, in the parish of Llanfihangel Ab ...

(1755–1814) * Irma Chilton (1930–1990) * Morys Clynnog (1525–1581)

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Aneirin Talfan Davies Aneirin Talfan Davies (11 May 1909 – 14 July 1980) was a Welsh poet, broadcaster and literary critic. Talfan Davies was brought up in Gorseinon. During the 1930s Davies worked in London as a pharmacist before returning to Wales and settling in ...

(1909–1980) * Edward Tegla Davies (1880–1967) *

Gareth Alban Davies Gareth Alban Davies (30 July 1926 – 9 February 2009) was a Welsh poet, educator and Hispanist who was Cowdray Professor of Spanish at the University of Leeds. Davies translated many Spanish texts into English and Welsh, and was a noted expe ...

(1926–2009) *

Grahame Davies Grahame Davies LVO (born 1964) is a poet, author, editor, librettist, literary critic and former journalist. He was brought up in the former coal mining village of Coedpoeth near Wrexham in north east Wales. Education After gaining a degree ...

(born 1964) *

James Kitchener Davies James Kitchener Davies (16 June 1902 – 25 August 1952), also known as J. Kitchener Davies, was a Welsh poet and playwright who wrote mostly in the Welsh language. Davies's work is highly influenced by the industrial landscape of his adopted villa ...

(1902–1952) * John Davies (Dr John Davies, Mallwyd) (c. 1567–1644) *

John Cadvan Davies John Cadvan Davies (1846–1923) was a Wesleyan Methodist Minister and a Welsh poet, who served as Archdruid. He is better known in Wales by his bardic name, Cadfan (sometimes Cadvan). Life and career Cadvan was born on a small farm, Yr Allt, ...

(1846–1923) *

John Humphreys Davies John Humphreys Davies (15 April 1871 – 10 August 1926) was a Welsh lawyer, bibliographer and educator. He joined the movement to start a National Library of Wales. Family and schooling Born at Llangeitho, Ceredigion, he was the son of Robert ...

(1871–1926) *

Lewis Davies Arthur Lewis Davies (26 January 1913 – 9 December 2011), the younger brother of Rhys Davies, was a Welsh librarian and philanthropist who in his later years established a foundation (the Rhys Davies Trust) devoted to the promotion of Welsh writ ...

(1863–1951) *

Pennar Davies William Thomas Pennar Davies (12 November 1911 – 29 December 1996) was a Welsh clergyman and author. Born William Thomas Davies, in Mountain Ash, the son of a miner, he took the name "Pennar" (a stream in Mountain Ash and the root of its Welsh n ...

(1911–1996) * Richard Davies (c. 1501–1581) * Richard Davies (Mynyddog) (1833–1877) *

Thomas Glynne Davies Thomas Glynne Davies (12 January 1926 – April 1988), usually known as T. Glynne Davies, was a Welsh poet, novelist and television and radio broadcaster. Davies was born at 64 Denbigh Street, in Llanrwst, Denbighshire, Wales. Literary achievem ...

(1926–1988) *

Walter Davies (Gwallter Mechain) Walter Davies (15 July 1761 – 5 December 1849), commonly known by his bardic name Gwallter Mechain ("Walter of Mechain"), was a Welsh poet, editor, translator, antiquary and Anglican clergyman. Davies was born at Y Wern, near Tomen y Castell, ...

(1761–1849) *

Robert Jones Derfel Robert Jones Derfel (24 July 1824 – 16 December 1905) was a Welsh poet and political writer. Early life Derfel was born Robert Jones on 24 July 1824 on his grandfather's farm between Llandderfel and Bethel in Merionethshire, Wales. At he age ...

(1824–1905)

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* Aled Eames (1921–1996) *

Marion Eames Marion Eames (born Gwladys Marion Griffith Eames, 5 February 1921 – 3 April 2007)Dictionary of Welsh BiographRetrieved 29 September 2018./ref> was a Welsh novelist writing mainly in Welsh. She was also a talented musician. Biography Marion was ...

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David Miall Edwards David Miall Edwards (22 January 1873 – 29 January 1941) was a Welsh Non-conformist writer and theologian who wrote in both Welsh and English. Edwards was born in Llanfyllin, Montgomeryshire (now Powys) in 1873. He was educated at Bala-Bangor ...

(1873–1941) *

Hywel Teifi Edwards Hywel Teifi Edwards (15 October 1934 – 4 January 2010) was a Welsh academic and historian, a prominent Welsh nationalist, a broadcaster and an author in the Welsh language. He was the father of the BBC journalist Huw Edwards. ...

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Lewis Edwards Lewis Edwards (27 October 1809 – 19 July 1887) was a Welsh educator and Nonconformist minister. Life He was born in Pen-llwyn, Ceredigion, Wales, the eldest son of Lewis and Margaret Edward. He was educated at Aberystwyth and at Llangei ...

(1809–1887) *

Owen Morgan Edwards Sir Owen Morgan Edwards (26 December 1858 – 15 May 1920) was a Welsh historian, educationalist and writer. He is often known as O. M. Edwards. Biography Owen Edwards was born in Llanuwchllyn near Bala, the eldest son of Owen and Beti Edwa ...

(1858–1920) * Roger Edwards (1811–1886) *

Thomas Edwards (Twm o'r Nant) Twm o'r Nant was the pseudonym of a Welsh language dramatist and poet, Thomas Edwards (January 1739 – 3 April 1810), also known as ''Tom of the Dingle''. He was famous for ''anterliwtau'' (interludes or short plays), which he performed mainly ...

(1738–1810) *

John Elias John Elias was a Christian preacher in Wales in the first half of the 19th century, as part of the Welsh Methodist revival. His preaching was noted as being exceptionally powerful, "as if talking fire down from heaven". On one occasion it is sa ...

(1774–1841) *

Islwyn Ffowc Elis Islwyn Ffowc Elis (; 17 November 1924 – 22 January 2004) was one of Wales's most popular Welsh-language writers. Born Islwyn Ffoulkes Ellis in Wrexham and raised in Glyn Ceiriog, Elis was educated at the University of Wales colleges of Bangor ...

(1924–2004) *

Robert Elis (Cynddelw) Robert Ellis (also spelt Elis; 3 February 1812 – 19 August 1875), also known by the bardic name Cynddelw, was a Welsh language poet, editor, biographer, lexicographer and eisteddfod adjudicator. He was born at Tyn y Meini, Bryndreiniog, Pe ...

(1812–1875) *

Thomas Iorwerth Ellis Thomas Iorwerth Ellis OBE (19 December 1899 – 20 April 1970) was a Welsh classicist, who wrote many books on Welsh literature and Welshmen (in Welsh and English), including a biography of his father, Thomas Edward Ellis. Early life Ellis, t ...

(1899–1970) * Beriah Gwynfe Evans (1848–1927) *

Christmas Evans Christmas Evans (25 December 1766 – 19 July 1838) was a Welsh nonconformist minister, described as "the greatest preacher that the Baptists have ever had in Great Britain." Life Evans was born near the village of Llandysul, Cardiganshire. H ...

(1776–1838) *

Daniel Evans (Daniel Ddu o Geredigion) Daniel Evans (1792 – 28 March 1846), better known by his pseudonym, Daniel Ddu o Geredigion, was a Welsh language poet. Life Evans was born at Maesymynach, a farm in the parish of Llanfihangel Ystrad, Cardiganshire. He was the second of thr ...

(1792–1846) *

Daniel Silvan Evans Daniel Silvan Evans (11 January 1818 – 12 April 1903) was a Welsh clergyman, scholar and lexicographer. Educated at the Independent College in Brecon, Silvan Evans worked as a schoolmaster for five years. On marriage he conformed to the E ...

(1818–1903) *

David Emrys Evans Sir David Emrys Evans (29 March 1891 – 20 February 1966) was a Welsh classicist and university principal. Life Evans, from Clydach, Glamorgan, was educated at Ystalyfera County School, before going on to University College, Bangor, an ...

(1891–1966) *

Donald Evans Donald Louis Evans (born July 27, 1946) is an American businessman. He was the 34th U.S. Secretary of Commerce. He was appointed by his longtime friend George W. Bush and sworn into office on January 20, 2001. On November 9, 2004, the White Ho ...

(born 1940) * Ellis Humphrey Evans (Hedd Wyn) (1887–1917) *

Gwynfor Evans Gwynfor Richard Evans (1 September 1912 – 21 April 2005) was a Welsh politician, lawyer and author. He was President of the Welsh political party Plaid Cymru for thirty-six years and was the first Member of Parliament to represent it at Westmi ...

(1912–2005) * Hugh Evans (1854–1934) * John Evans (I.D. Ffraid) (1814–1875) *

Theophilus Evans Theophilus Evans (February 1693 – 11 September 1767) was a Welsh clergyman and historian. Life Evans' father was from Pen-y-wenallt and he was christened in the church in Llandygwydd in Cardiganshire in 1693. Evans served curacies in Brecknock ...

(1693–1767) * William Evans (Wil Ifan) (1883–1968) *

Albert Evans-Jones Sir (Albert) Cynan Evans-Jones CBE (14 April 1895 – 26 January 1970), more commonly known within Wales by his bardic name of Cynan, was a Welsh war poet and dramatist. Early life Cynan was born in Pwllheli as Albert Evan Jones, the son of ...

(Cynan) (1895–1970)

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* William Richard Philip George (1912–2006) *

John Gwyn Griffiths John Gwyn Griffiths (7 December 1911 – 15 June 2004) was a Welsh poet, Egyptologist and nationalist political activist who spent the largest span of his career lecturing at Swansea University. Early life Born in 1911 in Porth in the Rhondda ...

(1911–2004) *

Elis Gruffydd Elis Gruffydd (1490–1552), sometimes known as "The soldier of Calais", was a Welsh chronicler, transcriber, and translator. He is known foremost for his massive chronicle ''Cronicl o Wech Oesoedd'' (''Chronicle of the Six Ages''), which cover ...

(c. 1490 – c. 1552) *

Owen Gruffydd Owen Gruffydd (1643-1730) was a Welsh poet partly noted for a lament on the decline of the Welsh language in the early 18th century. Not much is known about Owen Gruffydd's early life and career except that he was born in the parish of Llanystumd ...

(c. 1643–1730) * Robert Geraint Gruffydd (1928–2015) *

William John Gruffydd William John Gruffydd (14 February 1881 – 29 September 1954) was a Welsh scholar, poet, writer and editor, and the last Member of Parliament to represent the University of Wales seat. Gruffydd was elected to Parliament as a Liberal Member of ...

(1881–1954) *

Bethan Gwanas Bethan Gwanas (real name Bethan Evans; born 16 January 1962) is a popular contemporary Welsh author, who publishes almost exclusively in the Welsh language. A prolific writer, she has had 17 titles published in the last decade. Whilst not just a ...

(born 1962)

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Joseph Harris (Gomer) Joseph Harris (1773 – 10 August 1825) was a Welsh Baptist minister, author, and journal editor. A Welsh language poet, he took the Biblical name of Gomer as his bardic name. On 1 January 1814 he launched the first Welsh-language weekly ''Seren G ...

(1773–1825) *

Isaac Daniel Hooson Isaac Daniel Hooson (2 September 1880 – 18 October 1948), or I. D. Hooson as he was commonly known, was a Welsh solicitor and poet. Hooson was born to parents Edward Hooson and his wife Harriet in Victoria House, Market St. in the village of ...

(1880–1948) *

Mererid Hopwood Mererid Hopwood (born February 1964) is a Welsh poet. She became in 2001 the first woman to win the bardic chair at the National Eisteddfod of Wales. Teaching Originally from Cardiff, Hopwood graduated with first-class honours in Spanish and Ge ...

(born 1964) *

Hugh Hughes (Y Bardd Coch o Fôn) Hugh Hughes (Y Bardd Coch) (22 March 1693 – 6 April 1776) was a Welsh poet. Life Born on 22 March 1693, he was son of Gruffydd Hughes, who claimed lineage, according to the Welsh genealogies, from Tegeryn ab Carwed, the lord of Twrcelyn. He ...

(1693–1776) *

John Ceiriog Hughes John Ceiriog Hughes (25 September 1832 – 23 April 1887) was a Welsh poet and collector of Welsh folk tunes, sometimes termed a Robert Burns of Wales. He was born at Penybryn Farm, overlooking the village of Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog in the Ce ...

(1832–1887) * Jonathan Hughes (1721–1805) * Richard Cyril Hughes (born 1932) *

Thomas Rowland Hughes Thomas Rowland Hughes (often referred to as T. Rowland Hughes) (17 April 1903 – 24 October 1949), was a Welsh broadcaster, novelist, dramatist and poet. He was the son of a quarryman from Llanberis, Caernarvonshire (Gwynedd today), in north Wa ...

(1903–1949) *

Edward Morgan Humphreys Edward Morgan Humphreys OBE, (1882–1955) was a Welsh novelist, translator, and journalist, often known as E. Morgan Humphreys. He also sometimes wrote under the pseudonym ''Celt''. Humphreys edited ''Y Genedl Gymreig'' and translated ''The Gors ...

(1882–1955) *

Humphrey Humphreys Humphrey Humphreys (24 November 1648 – 20 November 1712) was successively Bishop of Bangor (1689–1701) and Bishop of Hereford (1701–1712). Life Born 24 November 1648 in Hendre, Penrhyndeudraeth, the eldest son of Richard Humphreys and ...

(1648–1712)

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Dafydd Ifans Dafydd Ifans (born 21 April 1949) is a contemporary Welsh language novelist and translator, born in Aberystwyth in Ceredigion, west Wales. Personal life Dafydd Ifans was born in Aberystwyth, Wales in 1949. After finishing in Ysgol Gymraeg ...

(born 1949)

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Daniel James (Gwyrosydd) Daniel James (23 January 1848 – 16 March 1920), also known by his bardic name of Gwyrosydd, was a Welsh poet and hymn-writer, best known for writing the words of the popular hymn, "Calon Lân" (published in 1892). Early life Daniel James cam ...

(1848–1920) *

Edward James Edward Frank Willis James (16 August 1907 – 2 December 1984) was a British poet known for his patronage of the surrealist art movement. Early life and marriage James was born on 16 August 1907, the only son of William James (who had inherit ...

(c. 1569 – c. 1610) *

Evan James (Ieuan ap Iago) Evan James (also known by the bardic name ''Ieuan ap Iago'') (18 January 1809 – 30 September 1878), was a weaver and poet from Pontypridd, originally from Caerphilly, Wales, who wrote the lyrics of '' Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau'' ("Land of my Fathers ...

(1809–1878) * David Jenkins (1912–2002) *

John Jenkins (Gwili) John Jenkins (8 October 1872 – 16 May 1936) was a Welsh poet and theologian. Known by his bardic name of Gwili, he served as Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales from 1932 to 1936. Early life and education Gwili was born at Hendy ...

(1872–1936) *

Robert Thomas Jenkins Robert Thomas Jenkins CBE (31 August 1881 – 11 November 1969) was a Welsh historian and academic. Life Jenkins was born on 31 August 1881 in Liverpool. He moved with his family to Bangor, Gwynedd, when his father was appointed clerk to th ...

(1881–1969) *

John Thomas Job John Thomas Job (21 May 1867 – 4 November 1938), was a Welsh minister, hymn-writer and poet. He was born at Llandybie in Carmarthenshire, and educated locally. He went on to Trefeca College to train as a Methodist minister. In 1894, he marr ...

(1867–1938) *

Bedwyr Lewis Jones Bedwyr Lewis Jones (1 September 1933 – 28 August 1992) was a Welsh scholar, literary critic and linguist. Jones was born in Wrexham, Denbighshire but brought up in Llaneilian on Ynys Môn, north Wales. He was educated at Jesus College, Ox ...

(1933–1992) *

Dafydd Jones (Dewi Dywyll) Dafydd Jones or Dewi Dywyll (1803 – 1868) was a Welsh balladeer. His father was a carpenter in Llanybydder, Carmarthenshire, and he was born on the estate of Dolau Bach there. He was also known as Deio'r Cantwr (Davy the Singer) and Dewi Medi (H ...

(1803–1868) * David James Jones (Gwenallt) (1899–1968) * Elizabeth Watkin-Jones (1888–1966) *

Gwilym Richard Jones Gwilym Richard Jones (24 March 1903 – 29 July 1993) was an editor and poet, and the first person to have received all three major literary awards at the National Eisteddfod of Wales. The Eisteddfod is an event at which it is notoriously difficult ...

(1903–1993) *

Harri Pritchard Jones Harri Elwyn Pritchard-Jones (3 October 1933 – 10 March 2015) was an English-born Welsh language author, critic, and psychiatrist. Pritchard-Jones was born in Dudley, Worcestershire (now West Midlands), but brought up and educated in Angles ...

(1933–2015) *

John Jones (Jac Glan-y-gors) John Jones (10 November 1766 – 21 May 1821), better known by his bardic name Jac Glan-y-gors, was a Welsh language satirical poet and radical pamphleteer, born in Cerrigydrudion, Denbighshire, north Wales. Glan-y-gors was an accomplished and ...

(1766–1821) *

John Jones (Ioan Tegid) John Jones (10 February 1792 – 2 May 1852), commonly known by his bardic name of Ioan Tegid or simply Tegid, was a Welsh clergyman and writer. He was born at Bala and educated there and at the grammar school in Carmarthen, going on to J ...

(1792–1852) *

John Jones (Talhaiarn) John Jones (19 January 1810 – October 1869), known by his bardic name of Talhaiarn, was a Welsh poet and architect. Life and reputation Jones was born at the ''Harp Inn'' (now known as ''Hafod y Gân'') in Llanfair Talhaearn, Denbighshire. ...

(1810–1869) *

John Jones (Myrddin Fardd) John Jones (1836 – 27 July 1921), better known under his ''nom de plume'' Myrddin Fardd, was a Welsh writer and antiquarian scholar born at Tan-y-Ffordd in the village of Mynytho, Llangian, Caernarfonshire. He was a translator and a collector ...

(1836–1921) *

John Robert Jones John Robert Jones (4 September 1911 – 3 June 1970), was a Welsh philosopher. He was born in Pwllheli, and went to school there before going on to study philosophy at University of Wales, Aberystwyth in 1929. He went on to take his D.Phi ...

(1911–1970) *

Lewis Jones (Patagonia) Lewis Jones (30 January 1837 - 24 November 1904) was one of the founders of the Welsh settlement in Patagonia. The city of Trelew was named after him. Early life Jones was born in Caernarfon and worked as a printer in Holyhead, where he was ...

(1897–1939) * Richard Goodman Jones (Dic Goodman) (1920–2013) * Robert Ambrose Jones (Emrys ap Iwan) (1848–1906) *

Robert Maynard Jones (Bobi Jones) Robert Maynard Jones (20 May 1929 – 22 November 2017), generally known as Bobi Jones, was a Welsh Christian academic and one of the most prolific writers in the history of the Welsh language. A versatile master of poetry, fictional prose and cr ...

(1929–2017) *

Thomas Jones (Dinbych) Thomas Jones (1756 – 16 June 1820), called "Thomas Jones of Denbigh" (in Welsh, "Thomas Jones o Ddinbych") to differentiate him from namesakes, was a Welsh Methodist clergyman, writer, editor and poet, active in North Wales. Life history ...

(1756–1820) *

Thomas Gwynn Jones Professor Thomas Gwynn Jones C.B.E. (10 October 1871 – 7 March 1949), more widely known as T. Gwynn Jones, was a leading Welsh poet, scholar, literary critic, novelist, translator, and journalist who did important work in Welsh literature, We ...

(1871–1949) * Thomas Llewelyn Jones (1915–2009) *

Morris Kyffin Morris Kyffin (c. 1555 – 2 January 1598) was a Welsh author and soldier, brother of the poet Edward Kyffin. He was also a student and friend of Doctor John Dee. Kyffin was a member of a literary circle that included the Queen's Godson Sir Jo ...

(c. 1555–1598)

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Thomas Levi Thomas Levi (12 October 1825 - 16 June 1916 ) was a Welsh, Calvinistic Methodist minister, and literary figure who also played a role in the political life of Wales. Born in Ystradgynlais he spent his later life as minister of Tabernacl, Aberyst ...

(1825–1916) * Alun Lewis (1915–1944) *

Gwyneth Lewis Gwyneth Denver Davies (born 1959), known professionally as Gwyneth Lewis, is a Welsh poet, who was the inaugural National Poet of Wales in 2005. She wrote the text that appears over the Wales Millennium Centre. Biography Gwyneth Lewis was ...

* Henry Lewis (1889–1968) *

Hywel David Lewis Hywel David Lewis (21 May 1910 – 6 April 1992) was a Welsh theologian and philosopher. He was best known for his defence of dualism and personal survival. Life Lewis was born in Llandudno, Wales, and educated at Caernarfon grammar school, the ...

(1910–1992) *

Robyn Lewis Robin Miriam Carlsson (born 12 June 1979), known as Robyn (), is a Swedish pop singer, songwriter, record producer, and DJ. She arrived on the music scene with her 1995 debut album, ''Robyn Is Here'', which produced two ''Billboard'' Hot 100 t ...

(born 1929) *

Saunders Lewis Saunders Lewis (born John Saunders Lewis) (15 October 1893 – 1 September 1985) was a Welsh politician, poet, dramatist, Medievalist, and literary critic. He was a prominent Welsh nationalist, supporter of Welsh independence and was a co-fo ...

(1893–1985)

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* John Lloyd-Jones (1885–1956) *

Alan Llwyd Alan Llwyd (born 1948), original name Alan Lloyd Roberts, is a Welsh poet, literary critic and editor. He is one of the most prolific Welsh-language poets in the last quarter of the 20th century. He is also known under the Bardic name Meilir Emry ...

(born 1948) *

Angharad Llwyd Angharad Llwyd (15 April 1780 – 16 October 1866) was a Welsh antiquary and a prizewinner at the National Eisteddfod of Wales. She is generally considered one of the most important collectors and copiers of manuscripts of the period. Biography ...

(1780–1866) *

Morgan Llwyd Morgan Llwyd (1619 – 3 June 1659) was a Puritan Fifth Monarchist and Welsh language poet and prose author. Biography Morgan Llwyd was born to a cultured and influential family in the parish of Maentwrog, Gwynedd. His grandfather, Huw ...

(1619–1659) * Robin Llywelyn (born 1958)

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Dafydd Llwyd Mathau Dafydd Llwyd Mathau (fl. 1601–1629) was a 17th-century Welsh poet and strolling minstrel. It was thought by the bibliographer John Humphreys Davies (1871–1926) that he may have been from the Llangeitho area of Ceredigion (Cardiganshire). Po ...

(fl. earlier 17th c.) *

Wiliam Midleton Wiliam Midleton (c.1550 – 1596) was a poet in the Welsh language and an adventurer.Gruffydd Aled Williams, 'Wiliam Midleton, bonheddwr, anturiwr a bardd', ''Transactions of the Denbighshire Historical Society'', 24 (1975), 74–116; Idem,'Wi ...

(fl. 1550–1600) *

Gareth Miles Gareth Miles is a Welsh-language author, translator, and a founder of . He is a Marxist and translated Hamlet into the Welsh language from that perspective. In 2008 his book won the Wales Book of the Year The Wales Book of the Year is a Welsh ...

(born 1938) * Derec Llwyd Morgan (born 1943) * Elena Puw Morgan (1900–1973) *

Eluned Morgan Eluned Morgan may refer to: * Eluned Morgan (author) (1870–1938), Welsh writer * Eluned Morgan, Baroness Morgan of Ely (born 1967), Welsh politician {{DEFAULTSORT:Morgan, Eluned ...

(1870–1938) * John Morgan (1688–1733) *

Prys Morgan Prys Morgan FRHistS FSA FLSW (born 1937) is a Welsh historian. Biography Prys Morgan was born in Cardiff in 1937, the son of academic T. J. Morgan. His parents first met at the National Eisteddfod of Wales in 1926. Like his late brother, Rhodr ...

(born 1937) * William Morgan (1545–1604) * Lewis Morris (Llywelyn Ddu o Fôn) (1701–1765) * Richard Morris (1703–1779) *

John Morris-Jones Sir John Morris-Jones (17 October 1864 – 16 April 1929) was a Welsh grammarian, academic and Welsh-language poet. Morris-Jones was born John Jones, at Trefor in the parish of Llandrygarn, Anglesey the son of Morris Jones first a schoolmaster ...

(1864–1929)

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Thomas Evan Nicholas (Niclas y Glais) Thomas Evan Nicholas (6 October 1879 – 19 April 1971), who used the bardic name Niclas y Glais ( en, 'Nicholas of Glais'), was a Welsh language poet, preacher, radical, and champion of the disadvantaged of society. Early life Nicholas was b ...

(1879–1971)

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Owain Owain Owain Owain (11 December 1929 – 19 December 1993) was a Welsh novelist, short-story writer and poet. He also founded '' Tafod y Ddraig'' (The Dragon's Tongue), which became the Welsh Language Society's main voice from its birth in the 196 ...

(1929–1993) *

Robin Llwyd ab Owain Robin Llwyd ab Owain is a Welsh author, poet, and Wikipedian. He won the chair at the National Eisteddfod of Wales The National Eisteddfod of Wales (Welsh language, Welsh: ') is the largest of several eisteddfodau that are held annually, mostl ...

(born 1959) *

Daniel Owen Daniel Owen (20 October 1836 – 22 October 1895) was a Welsh novelist. He is generally regarded as the foremost Welsh-language novelist of the 19th century, and as the first significant novelist to write in Welsh. Early life Daniel Owen was bor ...

(1836–1895) * David Owen (Dewi Wyn o Eifion) (1784–1841) *

David Owen (Brutus) David Owen (December 1795 - 16 January 1866) known by the pseudonym Brutus, was a Welsh satirical writer, editor and preacher. He was born in Llanpumsaint, Carmarthenshire where he was brought up as a Congregationalist. Thereafter he spent period ...

(1795–1866) *

Gerallt Lloyd Owen Gerallt Lloyd Owen (6 November 1944 – 15 July 2014) was a Welsh-language poet who lived in Llandwrog. He is considered to be one of Wales's leading "strict-metre" poets. Works Owen began as a "political poet" in the 1960s, often using medieva ...

(born 1944) * Goronwy Owen (Goronwy Ddu o Fôn) (1723–1769) *

William David Owen William David Owen (21 October 1874 – 4 November 1925), born William Owen, was a Welsh author best known for his novel ''Madam Wen'' (White Lady). Publications ''Madam Wen'' was published in book form in 1925, but it had first appeared a ...

(1874–1925) *

William Owen Pughe William Owen Pughe (7 August 1759 – 4 June 1835) was a Welsh antiquarian and grammarian best known for his ''Welsh and English Dictionary'', published in 1803, but also known for his grammar books and "Pughisms" (neologisms)."The Inventio ...

(1759–1835)

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* Gwenlyn Parry (1932–1991) * John Parry (1776–1851) * Robert Parry (1540–1612) *

Robert Williams Parry Robert Williams Parry (6 March 1884 – 4 January 1956) was one of Wales's most notable 20th-century poets writing in Welsh. Life R. Williams Parry was born in Tal-y-sarn, in Dyffryn Nantlle, a first cousin to the writers T. H. Parry-Willia ...

(1884–1956) * Thomas Parry (1904–1985) *

Thomas Herbert Parry-Williams Sir Thomas Herbert Parry-Williams (21 September 1887 – 3 March 1975) was a Welsh poet, author and academic. Parry-Williams was born at Tŷ'r Ysgol (''the Schoolhouse'') in Rhyd Ddu, Caernarfonshire, Wales. He was educated at the University ...

(1887–1975) *

Meirion Pennar Dr Meirion Pennar (24 December 1944 – 9 December 2010) was a Welsh poet and academic, who translated two works of Welsh language literature. Early life Born in Cardiff, he was the eldest of five children born to theologian and writer, Dr Penn ...

(1944–2010) * John Price (1502–1555) *

Thomas Price (Carnhuanawc) The Reverend Thomas Price (2 October 1787 – 7 November 1848) (known by the bardic name of Carnhuanawc) was a historian and a major Welsh literary figure of the early 19th century. Price was also "an essayist, orator, naturalist, educationalist, ...

(1787–1848) *

Caradog Prichard Caradog Prichard (3 November 1904 – 25 February 1980) was a Welsh poet and novelist writing in Welsh. His daughter, Mari Prichard, was married to the late Humphrey Carpenter. Caradog Prichard was born and grew up in the Gwynedd slate-quarryin ...

(1904–1980) *

Rhys Prichard (Yr Hen Ficer) Rhys Prichard (1579–1644) was a Welsh Welsh may refer to: Related to Wales * Welsh, referring or related to Wales * Welsh language, a Brittonic Celtic language spoken in Wales * Welsh people People * Welsh (surname) * Sometimes used as a syn ...

(1579–1644) *

Edmwnd Prys Edmund (Edmwnd) Prys (1542/3 – 1623) was a Welsh clergyman and poet, best known for Welsh metrical translations of the Psalms in his ''Salmau Cân''. Life Prys was born in Llanrwst, Denbighshire 1542 or 1543, son of Siôn ap Rhys ap Gruff ...

(1543–1623) * Gwilym Puw (c. 1618 – c. 1689)

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* Eluned Phillips (1914-2009)

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Evan Rees (Dyfed) Evan Rees (1 January 1850 – 19 March 1923), known by the bardic name Dyfed, was a Calvinistic Methodist minister, poet, and Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales. Life Rees was born at Puncheston, Pembrokeshire, the son of James and Eu ...

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Ioan Bowen Rees Ioan Bowen Rees (13 January 1929 – 4 May 1999) was a Welsh poet, mountaineer and political activist. Born in Dolgellau, Rees studied at the grammar school, then at Bootham School in York. He won a scholarship to Queen's College, Oxford, befo ...

(1929–1999) * Thomas Rees (1815–1885) * Thomas Ifor Rees (1890–1977) *

William Rees (Gwilym Hiraethog) William Rees (8 November 1802 – 8 November 1883), usually known in Wales by his bardic name of Gwilym Hiraethog, was a Welsh poet and author, one of the major figures of Welsh literature during the 19th century. Gwilym Hiraethog took h ...

David Richards (Dafydd Ionawr) David Richards (22 January 1751 – 12 May 1827), better-known by his bardic name Dafydd Ionawr, was a Welsh-language poet, born at Glanyrafon near Bryn-crug in the parish of Tywyn in Merionethshire (now Gwynedd), north-west Wales. He took ...

(1751–1827) * Thomas Richards (1878–1962) *

Gruffydd Robert Gruffydd Robert (1527–98) was a Welsh Catholic priest and humanist scholar who in 1567 wrote a pioneering Welsh grammar while in exile in Italy with his uncle and fellow-writer Morys Clynnog. Life Gruffydd Robert was born in Caernarfonshire (Gw ...

(before 1532 – after 1598) *

Brynley Francis Roberts Brynley Francis Roberts (born 1931), known as Bryn Roberts, is a Welsh scholar and critic, who has written much on the Welsh language and Celtic history. He was Professor of Welsh Language and Literature at the University of Wales, Swansea 1978 ...

(born 1931) * David Roberts (Dewi Havhesp) (1831–1884) *

Emrys Roberts Emrys Roberts may refer to: * Emrys Roberts (Liberal politician) (1910–1990), Welsh Liberal politician and businessman * Emrys Roberts (Plaid Cymru politician) (born 1931), Welsh nationalist political activist * Emrys Roberts (poet) Emrys Rober ...

(1929–2012) * Kate Roberts (1891–1985) * Samuel Roberts (writer) (1800–1885) * Wiliam Owen Roberts (born 1960) * Dafydd Rowlands (1931–2001) *

John Rowlands (author) John Rowlands (August 14, 1938 – 23 February 2015) John Rowlands, ''TheModernNo ...

(born 1938) *

William Rowlands (Gwilym Lleyn) William Rowlands (1802–1865), known as Gwylym Lleyn, was a Welsh bibliographer and Methodist minister. Life The son of Thomas and Eleanor Rowlands, he was born at Bryn Croes, Carnarvonshire, on 24 August 1802. After a little schooling at Bry ...

(1802–1865)

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Edward Prosser Rhys Edward Prosser Rhys (4 March 1901 – 6 February 1945) was a Welsh journalist, poet and publisher. In his early life he was diagnosed with tuberculosis which would affect him throughout his life. Before going into publishing he worked as a clerk ...

(1901–1945) *

Morgan Rhys Morgan Rhys (1 April 1716 – 9 August 1779) was a Welsh hymn-writer. Rhys was born in Cilycwm as one of six or seven children of Rhys and Anne Lewis. At first one of Griffith Jones's travelling schoolmasters, he afterwards kept school on his ...

(1716–1779) * Siôn Dafydd Rhys (1534 – c. 1609)

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William Salesbury William Salesbury also Salusbury (c. 1520 – c. 1584) was the leading Welsh scholar of the Renaissance and the principal translator of the 1567 Welsh New Testament. Early life Salesbury was born some time before 1520 (possibly as early as 1 ...

(c. 1520 – c. 1584) * William Saunders (1806–1851) *

Simwnt Fychan Simwnt Fychan (c. 1530 – 1606) was a Welsh language poet and genealogist, probably born in Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd in north-east Wales. He was a colleague of the poet and scholar Gruffudd Hiraethog. In 1567 Queen Elizabeth I of England appointed ...

(c. 1530–1606)

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David Thomas (Dewi Hefin) David Thomas (bardic name Dewi Hefin) (4 June 1828 – 9 March 1909) was a Welsh poet and teacher. Life Thomas was born in Llanwenog, Cardiganshire, south Wales. He went to school in Cribyn and later ran schools in various places in Cardigansh ...

(1828–1909) * David Thomas (1880–1967) *

Ebenezer Thomas (Eben Fardd) Ebenezer Thomas (August 1802 – 17 February 1863), better known to Welsh speakers by his bardic name of Eben Fardd, was a Welsh teacher and poet. Eben Fardd was born in Llanarmon, Caernarvonshire, the son of a weaver, and educated at local scho ...

(1802–1863) * Gwyn Thomas (1936–2016) *

Robert Thomas (Ap Vychan) Robert Thomas (1809 - 1880), also known by the bardic name Ap Vychan, was a Welsh Independent minister, poet and man of letters. He won the chair at the national eisteddfod on two occasions. Biography Ap Vychan was the third child of a well-ed ...

(1809–1880) * Ronald Stuart Thomas (1913–2000) *

William Thomas (Islwyn) William Thomas, bardic name Islwyn (3 April 1832 – 20 November 1878), was a Welsh language poet and Christian clergyman. His best known poems were both called ''Yr Ystorm'' The Storm' and were written in response to the sudden death of his fi ...

(1832–1878) *

William Thomas (Gwilym Marles) William Thomas (1834 – 11 December 1879), better known by his bardic name of Gwilym Marles, was a Wales, Welsh minister and poet, and the great-uncle of Dylan Thomas. Dylan was given his middle name, "Marlais", in honour of William Thomas, ...

(1834–1879) *

Angharad Tomos Angharad Tomos (born 19 July 1958) is a Welsh author and prominent language activist. She is a recipient of the Tir na n-Og Award. Biography Tomos was born in Bangor, Gwynedd, in 1958, and raised with her four sisters in Llanwnda near Caernar ...

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Urien Wiliam Urien Wiliam (7 November 1929 – 21 October 2006) was a Welsh language novelist and dramatist. Wiliam was born in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, the son of Professor Stephen J. Williams, an academic at Swansea University. He became an expert in ...

(born 1929) * Colin H Williams (born 1950) *

David John Williams David John Williams (26 June 1885 – 4 January 1970) was one of the foremost Welsh-language writers of the twentieth century and a prominent Welsh nationalist. Life Williams was born at Pen-rhiw, a farmhouse near Llansawel, Carmarthensh ...

(1885–1970) * Edward Williams (Iolo Morganwg) (1747–1826) *

Eliseus Williams (Eifion Wyn) Eliseus Williams (2 May 1867 – 13 October 1926), better known by his bardic name "Eifion Wyn", was a Welsh language poet, born at Porthmadog in Caernarfonshire, Wales Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that ...

(1867–1926) * Gareth F. Williams (1955–2016) * Glanmor Williams (1920–2005 ) * Griffith Williams (Gutyn Peris) (1769–1838) *

Gwynne Williams Gwynne Williams (born 1937) is a Welsh writer of poetry and prose as well as a translator of numerous literary works from English into Welsh. A strong proponent of Cymraeg, the native language of Wales, Williams has been writing since the 1950s, ...

(born 1937) *

Ifor Williams Sir Ifor Williams, (16 April 1881 – 4 November 1965) was a Welsh scholar who laid the foundations for the academic study of Old Welsh, particularly early Welsh poetry. Early life and education Ifor Williams was born at Pendinas, Tregarth nea ...

(1881–1965) *

John Ellis Williams John Ellis Williams, (20 August 1924 – 7 December 2008), novelist and writer from Caernarfonshire, wrote in Welsh and in English. Life Williams was born in Llanddeiniolen on 20 August 1924 into a farming family. In World War II Williams s ...

(born 1924) * John Lloyd Williams (1854–1945) *

John Owen Williams (Pedrog) John Owen Williams (1853–1932) was a Welsh Congregational minister and poet who served as Archdruid. Pedrog was born in May 1853 in Madryn, near Pwllheli, the youngest son of Owen and Martha Williams, both of whom were in service locally. He ha ...

(1892–1973) *

John Richard Williams (J.R. Tryfanwy) John Richard Williams (29 September 1867 – 19 March 1924), often referred to as J. R. Tryfanwy or simply by his bardic name Tryfanwy, was a Welsh-language lyrical poet. He was born in the village of Rhostryfan in the old county of Caernar ...

(1867–1924) * Morris Williams (Nicander) (1809–1874) * Moses Williams (1685–1742) *

Owen Williams (Owen Gwyrfai) Owen Williams (January 1790 – 3 October 1874), also known as Owain Gwyrfai, was a Welsh antiquary and the author of a Welsh dictionary. Biography Owen Williams was born on the Plas Glan'rafon estate, Waunfawr in January 1790 and was christ ...

(1790–1874) * Peter Bailey Williams (1763–1836) *

Richard Bryn Williams Richard Bryn Williams, or Bryn Williams (1902–1981), was a Welsh- Argentine writer, poet, playwright and historian. From 1975 to 1978 he was Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales. Biography Williams was born in Blaenau Ffestiniog, ...

(1902–1981) *

Richard Hughes Williams (Dic Tryfan) Richard Hughes Williams (1878 – 26 July 1919), or Dic Tryfan, was a Welsh language writer of short stories, born in Rhosgadfan in the old county of Caernarfonshire (Gwynedd), north Wales. Most of his stories are set in the slate-quarrying ...

(c. 1878–1919) * Robert Williams (Robert ap Gwilym Ddu) (1766–1850) *

Robert Williams (Trebor Mai) Robert Williams (25 May 1830 - 5 August 1877), usually referred to by his bardic name Trebor Mai, was a Welsh language poet, born at Ty'n-yr-ardd near Llanrhychwyn, near Llanrwst, in the old county of Caernarfonshire, the son of a tailor. He ...

(1830–1877) *

Robert Dewi Williams Robert Dewi Williams (29 December 1870 – 25 January 1955) was a Welsh schoolteacher, Presbyterian minister and author. Life Williams was born on 29 December 1870 at Llwyn-du Isaf in Pandy Tudur in what was then the county of Denbighshire. H ...

(1870–1955) *

Rowland Williams (Hwfa Môn) Reverend Rowland Williams (March 1823 – 10 November 1905), commonly known by his bardic name "Hwfa Môn", was a Welsh clergyman and poet, who served as Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales from 1895 to 1905. Early life and education ...

(1823–1905) *

Rhydwen Williams Robert Rhydwenfro Williams (29 August 1916 – 2 August 1997) was a Welsh poet, novelist and Baptist minister. His work is mainly written in his native Welsh language, and is noted for adapting the established style and context of Welsh poetry from ...

(1916–1997) *

Thomas Marchant Williams Sir Thomas Marchant Williams, writing name T. Marchant Williams, (1845 – 27 October 1914) was a Welsh nationalist, lawyer, and author. Williams was one of the first students of Aberystwyth University and later received a BA from the Univer ...

(1845–1914) *

Waldo Williams Waldo Goronwy Williams (30 September 1904 – 20 May 1971) was one of the leading Welsh-language poets of the 20th century. He was also a notable Christian pacifist, anti-war campaigner, and Welsh nationalist. He is often referred to by his fir ...

(1904–1971) *

William Williams (Pantycelyn) William Williams, Pantycelyn (c. 11 February 1717 – 11 January 1791), also known as William Williams, Williams Pantycelyn, and Pantycelyn, is generally seen as Wales's premier hymnist. He is also rated among the great literary figures of Wa ...

(1717–1791) * William Williams (Caledfryn) (1801–1869) * William Williams (Creuddynfab) (1814–1869) * William Williams (Crwys) (1875–1968) *

William Llewelyn Williams William Llewelyn Williams known as Llewelyn Williams (10 March 1867 – 22 April 1922), was a Welsh journalist, lawyer and radical Liberal Party politician. Background and early life He was born at Brownhill, Llansadwrn, Towy Valley, Carmar ...

(1867–1922) *

Ellis Wynne Ellis Wynne (7 March 1671 – 13 July 1734) was a Welsh clergyman and author. He is remembered mainly for one of the most important and influential pieces of Welsh-language literature. Life Born in Lasynys Fawr () near Harlech, Gwynedd, Wynn ...

(1671–1734) *

Eirug Wyn Eirug Wyn (11 December 1950 – 25 April 2004) was a Welsh satirical novelist who wrote in the Welsh language. He was born Eirug Price Wynne, in Llanbrynmair in Mid Wales, and educated at Brynrefail School and Trinity College, Carmarthen. He su ...

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