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Gwerful Mechain (15th century), Welsh-language poet; Nia Medi, since 2005, Welsh-language novelist and actress; Dorothy Miles (1931–1993), poet, in English and sign language; Moelona, pen name of Elizabeth Mary Jones (1877–1953), Welsh-language novelist, children's writer and translator
Poetry portal; Wales portal; Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. A. Anglo-Welsh women poets (11 P) Pages in category "Welsh women poets"
Katherine or Catherine Philips (née Fowler; 1 January 1631/2 – 22 June 1664), also known as "The Matchless Orinda", was an Anglo-Welsh royalist poet, translator, and woman of letters. She achieved renown as a translator of Pierre Corneille 's Pompée and Horace , and for her editions of poetry after her death.
From speaking out over domestic abuse in medieval times to telling the realities of war, these female poets present a very different version of Welsh life. Four women poets who will take you on an ...
Emily Jane Pfeiffer (26 November 1827 – 23 January 1890, née Davis) was a Welsh poet and philanthropist. [1] She supported women's suffrage and higher education for women, as well as producing feminist poems. [2] Pfeiffer was born Montgomeryshire, but spent much of her early life in Oxfordshire. She was the granddaughter of a banker, but her ...
Elfyn has published ten volumes of poetry and a dozen more of children's books and anthologies. She has also written eight plays for the stage, six radio plays for the BBC, and two plays and several documentaries for television. She co-edited The Bloodaxe Book of Modern Welsh Poetry with John Rowlands, which won a Poetry Book Society ...
Cranogwen (1839-1916), one of the few prominent female poets in Welsh of the 20th century. The world of the Eisteddfod and Welsh public life generally in the 19th century was dominated by men, however, female poets were able to break through, perhaps assisted by the Eisteddfod tradition of anonymous submission to competitions.
Neriman Cahit (born 1937), Turkish Cypriot poet, author and prominent women's rights advocate; Diana Chang (1934–2009), Chinese American novelist and poet; Hélène Cixous (born 1937), Algerian-born French poet, playwright and philosopher; Gillian Clarke (born 1937), Welsh poet, playwright, editor, broadcaster, lecturer and translator