Goronwy Owen
Author
1723 – 1769
Who was Goronwy Owen?
Goronwy Owen was one of the 18th century's greatest Welsh poets. He mastered the traditional bardic metres and, although forced by circumstances to be an exile, played an important role in the literary and antiquarian movement in Wales often described as the Welsh Eighteenth Century Renaissance. A perfectionist who only published reluctantly and whose literary output is consequently relatively small, his work nevertheless had a huge influence on Welsh poetry for several generations and his poetic genius and tragic life gave him a cult status in Welsh literary circles.
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- Born
- Jan 1, 1723
Anglesey - Education
- Friars School, Bangor
- Died
- Jul 1, 1769
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on July 23, 2013
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