Wilfred Bennetto
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1902 – 1994
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Who was Wilfred Bennetto?
Wilfred Melville Bennetto was a Cornish poet and novelist.
He was elected a member of Gorseth Kernow under the Bardic name of Abransek in 1968.
His poetry celebrated popular contemporary figures in Cornish life as well as the historical and mythological characters favoured in Cornish poetry at the time. He wrote An Gurun Wosek a Geltya, the first full-length novel in Cornish. It is written from a monarchist perspective, it is a romantic thriller set against the background of contemporary subversion and conflict in the Celtic countries.
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