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    The post of National Poet of Wales (Welsh: Bardd Cenedlaethol Cymru) was established in May 2005 by Academi – the Welsh National Literature Promotion...
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  • Hanan Issa (category British poet stubs)
    is a Welsh-Iraqi poet, film-maker, scriptwriter and artist. She is the current National Poet of Wales. Issa grew up in Cardiff, Wales. Her first solo publication...
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    Gwyneth Lewis (category Fellows of the Learned Society of Wales)
    Gwyneth Lewis, is a Welsh poet, who was the inaugural National Poet of Wales in 2005. She wrote the text that appears over the Wales Millennium Centre. Gwyneth...
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    A national poet or national bard is a poet held by tradition and popular acclaim to represent the identity, beliefs and principles of a particular national...
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  • Gillian Clarke (category 20th-century Welsh poets)
    National Poet of Wales Archived 5 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Thomas, Huw (1 March 2016). "Ifor ap Glyn is appointed new national poet of Wales"...
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  • Ifor ap Glyn (category Welsh-language poets)
    Welsh television presenter and Welsh-language poet. From 2016 to 2022 he served as National Poet of Wales. Ifor ap Glyn was born in London into a Welsh-speaking...
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    Wales (Welsh: Cymru [ˈkəmrɨ] ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by the Irish Sea to the north and west, England to the...
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  • ventures. The organisation also selects the National Poet for Wales, and manages competitions including Wales Book of the Year, the Cardiff International Poetry...
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    Machine Vision, University of the West of England Gwyn Thomas, poet and academic, National Poet of Wales R. S. Thomas, poet and Anglican priest Derick...
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  • September 1936 – 13 April 2016) was a Welsh poet and academic. He was the second National Poet of Wales, holding the role between 2006 and 2008. Born...
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  • (born 1936), Welsh soprano Gwyneth Lewis (born 1959), Welsh poet, first National Poet for Wales Gweneth Lilly (1920–2004), Welsh writer and teacher Gweneth...
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    – 9 April 1917) was a British writer of poetry and prose. He is sometimes considered a war poet, although few of his poems deal directly with his war...
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    National Theatre Wales (NTW) is a charity and theatre company based in Wales. The National Theatre of Wales, known as National Theatre Wales (NTW), was...
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  • Laureate Wales is the poet laureate of English-language children's literature in Wales. It is one of the two national children's literature roles in Wales, alongside...
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    Within the United Kingdom there are fifteen national parks of which ten are in England, three in Wales, two in Scotland, and none in Northern Ireland...
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    accused of leading the massacre of the fictional village of Villefranche d'Albarede, based on Oradour-sur-Glane. The poet Gillian Clarke, National Poet of Wales...
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    A poet laureate (plural: poets laureate) is a poet officially appointed by a government or conferring institution, typically expected to compose poems...
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    novelist, poet and essayist Gwyneth Lewis (born 1959), Welsh poet; inaugural National Poet of Wales J. Patrick Lewis (born 1942), US children's poet Saunders...
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    The National Eisteddfod of Wales (Welsh: Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru) is the largest of several eisteddfodau that are held annually, mostly in Wales. Its...
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    The National Library of Wales (Welsh: Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru), in Aberystwyth, is the national legal deposit library of Wales and is one of the...
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    The national symbols of Wales include various official and unofficial images and other symbols. The Welsh language is considered a symbol and icon of Wales...
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    The flag of Wales (Welsh: Baner Cymru or Y Ddraig Goch, meaning 'the red dragon') consists of a red dragon passant on a green and white field. As with...
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    poet, who was the inaugural National Poet of Wales in 2005 John Minford is sinologist, known for his translation of Chinese classics like The Art of War...
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  • of Llandaff; John Davies, Bishop of Swansea and Brecon, from 6 September Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – Geraint Llifon National Poet...
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  • first "Capital Poet". Glyndŵr Award – Dr John Davies National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair – Tudur Dylan Jones National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown – Christine...
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    Oxford Today. University of Oxford. Archived from the original on 23 August 2007. Retrieved 1 January 2008. "National Poet of Wales: Gwyn Thomas". Academi...
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    his parents moved to the Clarence River area of northern New South Wales). Journalist and fellow poet A. G. Stephens sought to correct the confusion...
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  • Belize poet and educator Gwyneth Lewis (born 1959), Welsh poet and inaugural National Poet of Wales Sarah Lindsay (born 1958), American poet Suzanne...
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  • significance of the year 1961 to Wales and its people. Archbishop of Wales – Edwin Morris, Bishop of Monmouth Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – Trefin...
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  • Dylan Thomas (category 20th-century Welsh poets)
    "Dylan Thomas: a Great Poet?". Wales Arts Review. Retrieved 10 May 2020. "About Dylan Thomas: Academy of American Poets". poets.org. Retrieved 10 May 2020...
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