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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"
The Cynfeirdd is a modern term which is used to refer to the earliest poets that wrote in Welsh and Welsh poetry dating before 1100. These poets (beirdd) existed in the modern geographical definition of Wales in addition to the Old North ( Yr Hen Ogledd ) and the language of the time was a common root called Brittonic , a precursor to the Welsh ...
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 ...
Ann's poems express her fervent Christian faith and reflect her incisive intellect and thorough scriptural knowledge. She is the most prominent female hymnist in Welsh. Her work is regarded as a highlight of Welsh literature, and her longest poem Rhyfedd, rhyfedd gan angylion...
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 ...
Gwyneth Lewis (born 1959), Welsh poet and inaugural National Poet of Wales; Sarah Lindsay (born 1958), American poet; Suzanne Lummis (born 1951), American poet and publisher; founder of Los Angeles Poetry Festival; Jully Makini (born 1953), Solomon Islands poet, writer and women's rights activist; Chris Mansell (born 1953), Australian poet and ...
The same year she was made the first National Poet of Wales. [3] [4] Lewis was a judge for the 2011 Hippocrates Prize for Poetry and Medicine. On 6 August 2012, Gwyneth Lewis won Y Goron (the Crown) at the National Eisteddfod at Llandow for a collection of poems on the set title of Ynys (Island).