Dictionary of Welsh Biography

OWEN, GERALLT LLOYD (1944 - 2014), teacher, publisher, poet , Bedwyr and Nest. Gwasg Gwynedd published his two other volumes of poetry, Cerddi'r Cywilydd (The poems of shame) in 1972 and Cilmeri a Cherddi Eraill (Cilmeri and other poems) in 1991, also his autobiography Fy Nghawl Fy Hun (My Own Soup/Mess) in 1999. Cerddi'r Cywilydd went to three editions and was republished in 1990, whilst Cilmeri a Cherddi Eraill won him the Welsh Book of the Year award in 1992
PARRY, ROBERT WILLIAMS (1884 - 1956), poet, university lecturer (Eliseus Williams). His own prose shows a strength of conviction and also sharp wit. He was one of the best prose writers of his day. A selection of his prose appeared in Rhyddiaith R. Williams Parry, edited by Bedwyr Lewis Jones. Williams Parry was of a retiring disposition, and never willingly joined a crowd, but he delighted in the company of a few real friends. He was a nationalist by conviction and
RHYDDERCH AB IEUAN LLWYD (c. 1325 - before 1399?), lawman and literary patron him to Solomon, but also to numerous characters from traditional tales and triads: Arthur, Cai, Caw, Garwy Hir, Meirion, Bedwyr, Llŷr, Geraint, and Rholant (the French hero Roland). Such a list surely reflects Rhydderch's interest in and familiarity with the Welsh narrative tradition, especially as preserved in the famous manuscript that bears his name. Around the middle of the fourteenth century
RICHARDS, GRAFTON MELVILLE (1910 - 1973), Welsh scholar of study. The notes and articles which he published in Y Cymro newspaper over a long period were collected in Enwau Tir a Gwlad (ed. Bedwyr Lewis Jones, 1998). His work brought him international recognition, in his contributions to the Batsford The names of towns and cities in Britain (1970), as a member of the council of the English Place-Name Society, a member of the International Committee on

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