Gwyn Thomas, FLSW (2 September 1936 – 13 April 2016) was a Welsh poet and academic. He was the second National Poet of Wales, holding the role between...
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Gwyn Thomas (rugby), rugby union and rugby league footballer of the 1910s, and 1920s Gwyn Thomas (novelist) (1913–1981), prose writer Gwyn Thomas (poet) (1936–2016)...
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Eleanor Gwyn (2 February 1650 – 14 November 1687; also spelled Gwynn, Gwynne) was an English stage actress and celebrity figure of the Restoration period...
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(1922–1967), English novelist J. Gwyn Griffiths (1911–2004), Welsh poet Gwynn ap Gwilym (1950–2016), Welsh poet Gwyn Headley (born 1946), British businessman...
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of England Gwyn Thomas, poet and academic, National Poet of Wales R. S. Thomas, poet and Anglican priest Derick Thomson, Scottish Gaelic poet, publisher...
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Richard Gwyn (ca. 1537 – 15 October 1584), also known by his anglicized name, Richard White, was a Welsh teacher at illegal and underground schools and...
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Dylan Marlais Thomas (27 October 1914 – 9 November 1953) was a Welsh poet and writer whose works include the poems "Do not go gentle into that good night"...
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David Gwyn (fl. 1588) was an English poet. He suffered a long and cruel imprisonment in Spain (Calender of State Papers, Dom. 1581–90, p. 220). Upon regaining...
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Lewis becoming the first National Poet in 2005. Gwyn Thomas would succeed Lewis in 2006, remaining as National Poet until 2008. Later the length of tenure...
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The Oxford Book of Welsh Verse in English (section Poets in The Oxford Book of Welsh Verse in English)
author and academic Gwyn Jones. It covers both Welsh language poetry in English translation and poetry written in English by Welsh poets (often called Anglo-Welsh...
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The Oxford Book of Welsh Verse (section Poets included)
work of 146 named poets. It went through eight editions in its first 21 years, and was supplemented in 1977 by the publication of Gwyn Jones's Oxford Book...
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"Bugeilio'r Gwenith Gwyn" (English: Watching the White Wheat) is an 18th-century traditional Welsh love song. Opening of "Bugeilio'r Gwenith Gwyn" Sung by Bryn...
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Khetagurov | Ossete poet | Britannica". www.britannica.com. "Henrik Arnold Wergeland". Oxford Reference. Griffiths, Gwyn. "Frédéric Mistral – poet and folk historian...
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thematic and formal influence of Edward Thomas on his work—Lewis's poem "To Edward Thomas" is dedicated to the poet. Lewis died on 5 March 1944 during the...
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music". There are also claims that the Welsh poet and genealogist Gutun Owain wrote about Madoc before 1492. Gwyn Williams in Madoc, the Making of a Myth,...
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established in April 2005. The first holder, Gwyneth Lewis, was followed by Gwyn Thomas. The United States Library of Congress appointed a Consultant in Poetry...
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William Robert Grove, FRS, physicist and judge Uzo Iwobi, OBE, lecturer John Gwyn Jeffreys, FRS, conchologist, malacologist Ernest Jones, psychoanalyst John...
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inclusive as possible for the years prior to 1600. It includes as many minor poets as possible to illustrate the range and content of Welsh poetry throughout...
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70 (cancer) 13 April Gareth Thomas, actor (Blake's 7), 71 (heart failure) Gwyn Thomas, poet and academic, National Poet (2006–2008), 79 9 May – Gareth...
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Haydn Morgan, Welsh international rugby union player 2 September - Gwyn Thomas, poet and academic (died 2016) 20 September - Andrew Davies, screenwriter...
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(née Darby; 27 November 1757 – 26 December 1800) was an English actress, poet, dramatist, novelist, and celebrity figure. She lived in England, in the...
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Thomas D'Arcy McGee (13 April 1825 – 7 April 1868) was an Irish-Canadian politician, Catholic spokesman, journalist, poet, and a Father of Canadian Confederation...
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (section "Gawain Poet")
British artist and designer Dorothea Braby produced six color engravings for Gwyn Jones's 1952 translation; critic Muriel Whitaker noted that Braby's color...
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J. Gregg, 96, American army general, namesake of Fort Gregg-Adams. Mark Gwyn, 61, American law enforcement officer, director of the Tennessee Bureau of...
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T. H. Parry-Williams (redirect from Thomas Herbert Parry-Williams)
of the complete extant poems of Elizabethan era Welsh poet and Catholic martyr St. Richard Gwyn, along with original source material about his life in...
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ISBN 0232522065. Retrieved 3 September 2021. Thomas, Gwyn (1983). "His poetry". In Jones, Alun R.; Thomas, Gwyn (eds.). Presenting Saunders Lewis. Cardiff:...
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Christian poetry (section Examples of Christian poets)
Richard Gwyn was put on trial for high treason before a panel headed by the Chief Justice of Chester, Sir George Bromley, at Wrexham in 1523, Gwyn stood...
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short film from the BBC to mark the centenary of the birth of Welsh poet Dylan Thomas. Gruffudd débuted his new male lead of Dr Andrew Earlham, a respected...
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is a list of English-language poets, who have written much of their poetry in English. Main country of residence as a poet (not place of birth): A = Australia...
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anthologies, including Thomas Parry's own Oxford Book of Welsh Verse and Gwyn Jones's Oxford Book of Welsh Verse in English. The poet laments that he cannot...
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