Geraint Bowen

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1915 – 2011

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Who was Geraint Bowen?

Dr. Geraint Bowen was a Welsh language poet.

He was the nephew of Carmarthenshire minister David Bowen, and the brother of poet Euros Bowen. He was a Welsh nationalist, and during the Second World War was a conscientious objector, undertaking farming. In 1946 he won the bardic Chair at the National Eisteddfod of Wales, and from 1978 to 1981 he presided over the Eisteddfod ceremonies as Archdruid.

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Born
Sep 10, 1915
Died
Jul 16, 2011

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on July 23, 2013

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