Dictionary of Welsh Biography

JENKINS, EVAN (1895 - 1959), poet for military service during World War I but apparently worked in a munitions factory. In 1919 he went to the University College, Aberystwyth and graduated B.A. in 1921. It is said in Cofiant Idwal Jones, by D. Gwenallt Jones (D. James Jones ' Gwenallt '), that he and Philip Beddoe Jones, composed cywyddau in a poetic contention when they were students of T. Gwynn Jones. He taught for a period in
GRUFFUDD ab ADDA ap DAFYDD (fl. 1340-1370), poet and prose writer ab Adda ap Dafydd,' and ' Trwstaneiddiwch Gruffudd ab Adda ap Dafydd,' have been published by D. Gwenallt Jones in his Areithiau Prôs, 18, 33. A musical composition under the title 'Caingc Ruffudd ab Adda' appears in The Myvyrian Archaiology of Wales.
JONES, DAVID JAMES (Gwenallt; 1899 - 1968), poet, critic and scholar Gwenallt was educated at local schools and Ystalyfera County School (where Kate Roberts was his teacher for a brief period). He was a pupil-teacher in 1916-17 dividing his time between Pontardawe elementary school and the 6th form in the county school. When he was conscripted to the army before taking his Higher Certificate examinations, he stood as a conscientious objector on political grounds and he
JONES, THOMAS MORRIS (Gwenallt; 1859 - 1933), Calvinistic Methodist minister, writer and journalist
MORGAN, DEWI (Dewi Teifi; 1877 - 1971), poet and journalist encouraging and guiding young poets and prose writers as an adjudicator in local and national eisteddfodau and editor of the poetry column of Y Faner. Among those indebted to him include D. Gwenallt Jones, T. Ifor Rees, Caradog Prichard, T. Glynne Davies, J. M. Edwards, Iorwerth C. Peate and Alun Llywelyn-Williams. Dewi Morgan died aged 93 at Bronglais hospital Aberystwyth 1 April 1971 and he was buried in
DAVIES, DANIEL JOHN (1885 - 1970), Independent minister and poet competition four times at the national eisteddfod. R. Williams Parry said of his poem Ffynnon Fair that he knew of no one who could write so easily and so effortlessly within the restrictions of cynghanedd. He was second to Gwenallt in the chair competition the year before winning in 1932 for his ode ' Mam ' at the Aberavon National Eisteddfod in a competition of high quality. He adjudicated frequently at
PAGE, LESLIE ALUN (1920 - 1990), Minister (Cong.) Presbyterian Church at Banc-y-felin. Alun Page read widely and meditated in both English and Welsh literature. He was impressed by T. S. Eliot, Waldo and Gwenallt and often quoted from them. He spoke of the greatness of R. T. Jenkins as a writer, and praised D. J. Williams and his 'square mile.' Karl Barth was another influence and he was not unfamiliar with the thoughts of Freud and Marx. He was indebted to
MEREDITH, JOHN ELLIS (1904 - 1981), minister (Presbyterian Church of Wales) and author Hanes yr Apocrypha ('The History of the Apocrypha') in 1942, the only book in Welsh on the subject. He was invited to deliver the Davies Lecture in 1970 and choose as his subject 'Gwenallt Bardd Crefyddol' ('Gwenallt, religious poet'), and the lecture was extended and published as a book, under the same title, in 1974. As an appendix, Gwenallt's autobiographical essay, first published in Credaf ('I
DAVIES, BRYAN MARTIN (1933 - 2015), teacher and poet particular: T.H. Parry-Williams and Gwenallt. The work of Gwenallt appealed to him especially, possibly because of their shared background in the industrial communities of south-west Wales, and he chose Gwenallt's work as the subject of his M.A. dissertation. While in Aberystwyth, he began to write poetry seriously, winning the Inter-Collegiate Eisteddfod crown in his final year, 1955. This was followed by
DAVIES, JAMES KITCHENER (1902 - 1952), poet, dramatist and nationalist the creative upsurge brought about by such students as Idwal Jones. It was also the period of ex-servicemen and conscientious objectors (his friend Gwenallt (David James Jones) was there about the same time), and Kitchener 's, interest in the turmoil of politics and peace in Europe grew. He became secretary of the debating society and a member of the Students' Council, and led movements assisting
DAVIES, ANEIRIN TALFAN (1909 - 1980), poet, literary critic, broadcaster and publisher chapel that his interest in literature and theology was stimulated. He lived for a time in Swiss Avenue, Watford, where he prepared the first issue of Heddiw, a small magazine established by Aneirin and his brother Alun, and edited by Aneirin and Dafydd Jenkins. Heddiw ran for six years, 1936-1942, and published work by some of the foremost poets of the twentieth century, such as Gwenallt, R. Williams
MORGAN, DYFNALLT (1917 - 1994), poet, literary critic and translator School every day between 1928 and 1935. A number of his fellow pupils died from tuberculosis. His literary abilities came to the fore in the sixth form under the guidance of his Welsh teacher, Miss Hettie Morris. She introduced him to the works of T. H. Parry Williams and Gwenallt, two personal heroes whom he came to know as a student at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth from 1935. He won a

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