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Dafydd ap Gwilym (c. 1315/1320 – c. 1350/1370) is regarded as one of the leading Welsh poets and amongst the great poets of Europe in the Middle Ages.Dafydd’s poetry also offers a unique window into the transcultural movement of cultural practices and preservation of culture in the face of occupation.
More recently, Anglo-Welsh poetry has become an important aspect of Welsh literary culture, as well as influencing English literature. The works of the great hymn writers of the 18th and 19th centuries are also poetic: in particular William Williams Pantycelyn and Ann Griffiths .
Three different recensions of the poem exist, represented by Cardiff Central Library MS 4.330 (Hafod 26), a collection of most of Dafydd ap Gwilym's poems (along with some by other poets) made in the Conwy Valley about 1574 by the lexicographer Thomas Wiliems; Bodleian MS Welsh e 1, a collection copied some time between 1612 and 1623 by Ifan Siôn, Huw Machno and one unidentified other ...
See also List of Welsh-language authors, List of Welsh women writers and List of Welsh-language poets (6th century to c. 1600). Abbreviations: c. = about, fl. = active; B = writing in Brythonic , C = writing in Chinese, E = writing in English (including Middle English ), F = writing in French, G = writing in German, L = writing in Latin, sl ...
As Welsh National Poet, Thomas was commissioned to write five stanzas celebrating the opening in June 2009 of Hafod Eryri, the new summit building at the top of Snowdon. Inscribed on the buildings and windows, in both English and Welsh, they read: [6] The summit of Snowdon, here you are nearer to heaven The rocks record the aeons of creation
Poets of Welsh nationality, writing in Welsh or English language. See also Category:Welsh-language poets for poets of any nationality writing in the Welsh language. Biography portal; Poetry portal; Wales portal
Mathew Rhys has been an “unabashed” fan of Welsh poet Dylan Thomas for as long as he can remember. He cemented his love of the writer — best known for his poem “Do Not Go Gentle Into That ...
The Oxford Book of Welsh Verse in English is a 1977 poetry anthology edited by the author and academic Gwyn Jones. [1] It covers both Welsh language poetry in English translation and poetry written in English by Welsh poets (often called Anglo-Welsh poetry ).