Donald Evans (born 1940) is a Welsh poet, who writes in the

Welsh language Welsh ( or ) is a Celtic languages, Celtic language of the Brittonic languages, Brittonic subgroup that is native to the Welsh people. Welsh is spoken natively in Wales by about 18% of the population, by some in England, and in (the Welsh c ...

. Evans comes from Talgarreg in

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, and was born on a farm. After going to school at

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, he obtained his degree in Welsh from the

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. Between 1966 and 1972 he produced the periodical ''Y Cardi''. He won the "double" of

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and

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twice, once at the 1977

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and again in 1980; he is one of only three poets to have achieved this "double double". In 2006 Evans was awarded a PhD by the

University of Wales, Lampeter University of Wales, Lampeter () was a university in Lampeter, Wales. Founded in 1822, and incorporated by royal charter in 1828, it was the oldest Academic degree, degree awarding institution in Wales, with limited degree awarding powers sinc ...

, for his work on strict-metre Welsh poetry submitted to eisteddfodau in the years 1955 - 1999.University of Wales, Lampeter, since 2010, known as University of Wales Trinity St David UOA 56 - Celtic Studies: RA5a: Research environment and esteem
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Works

*''Parsel Persain'' (ed.) (1976) *''Y Flodeugerdd o Gywyddau'' (ed.) (1981) *'' Seren Poets Series 2'' (with Desmond Graham and Simon Rae) (1990) *''Writers of Wales:

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 ...

'' (1991) *''Wrth Reddf'' (1994) *''Y Cyntefig Cyfoes'' (2000)

References

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