HYWEL ap DAFYDD LLWYD ab Y GOF (fl. c. 1500), poet
Name: Hywel ap Dafydd Llwyd ab Y Gof
Gender: Male
Occupation: poet
Area of activity: Poetry
Author: Ray Looker
Gender: Male
Occupation: poet
Area of activity: Poetry
Author: Ray Looker
nothing is known of his life, but some examples of his work remain in manuscript, these being love poems and an elegy to the poet Dafydd Llwyd ap Llywelyn ap Gruffudd.
Author
- Ray Looker
- Jones and Lewis, Mynegai i Farddoniaeth y Llawysgrifau (1928)
- the dates given him in Cymru yn hanesyddol, parthedegol, a bywgraphyddol (1875), William Owen Pughe, The Cambrian Biography (1803), and Enwogion Cymru. A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Welshmen (1852) are too late
Sources
- Wikidata: Q20733241
Additional Links
Published date: 1959
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