Siôn Ceri (fl. early 16th Century) was a
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 ...
poet. His bardic teacher was
Tudur Aled
Tudur Aled (c. 1465 – 1525) was a late medieval Welsh poet, born in Llansannan, Denbighshire (Sir Ddinbych). He is regarded as a master of cynghanedd.
Beginnings
Tudur Aled was born c. 1465 in Llansannan, in what is now Denbighshire. It is l ...
and among his surviving work are poems to his patrons from north
Powys
Powys ( , ) is a Principal areas of Wales, county and Preserved counties of Wales, preserved county in Wales. It borders Gwynedd, Denbighshire, and Wrexham County Borough, Wrexham to the north; the English Ceremonial counties of England, ceremo ...
.
Bibliography
* A. Cynfael Lake (ed.), ''Gwaith Siôn Ceri'' (Aberystwyth, 1996). The standard edition of his poems, in Welsh.
Welsh-language poets
16th-century Welsh poets
16th-century Welsh male writers
Year of death unknown
Year of birth unknown
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