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List of Welsh language poets
Welsh language poetry has, until quite recently, been regulated by specific verse forms, with the encouragement of the
eisteddfod
movement. The best known Welsh language poets include:
Dafydd ap Gwilym
(about 1320 - about 1370)
Dilys Cadwaladr
Grahame Davies
Menna Elfyn
Gwerful Mechain
John Ceiriog Hughes
Saunders Lewis
(1893-1985)
Alan Llwyd (current)
Neirin mab Dwyrei (
Aneirin
)
T E Nicholas (Niclas Glais)
Taliesin
Edward Williams (Iolo Morganwg)
William Williams Pantycelyn
'
Hedd Wyn
' (1887-1917)