W. J. Gruffydd

Novelist, Author

1916 – 2011

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Who was W. J. Gruffydd?

William John Gruffydd, better known by his bardic name of Elerydd, was a Welsh Baptist minister and poet who served as Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales between 1984 and 1987.

Like all Archdruids, Elerydd was himself the winner of a major prize at the National Eisteddfod, in his case the crown at the Pwllheli Eisteddfod in 1955 and at Cardiff in 1960.

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1916
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Died
Apr 22, 2011

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on July 23, 2013

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