Gwilym ab Ieuan Hen
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Gwilym ab Ieuan Hen was a Welsh language
poet during the time of the Beirdd yr Uchelwyr, the professional "Poets of the Nobility".
In common with other poets of the era, some of his work consists of praise-poems addressed to his patrons. These included Gruffudd ap Nicholas, an esquire prominent in the administration of South Wales, who was also praised by Lewys Glyn Cothi
and Dafydd ap Edmund; Dafydd ap Ieuan ab Owain of Caereinion; and Dafydd Llwyd ap Dafydd ab Einion of Newtown. He also produced some fine elegies, religious verse and love poems: 27 works attributed to him have been preserved in manuscript, though not all are certainly by him.
Despite many of his poems being preserved, almost nothing is known of Gwilym's life. Ieuan Gethin
, a contemporary, composed a somewhat sarcastic elegy on Gwilym's father Ieuan, a thatcher who died after falling off a roof.
Gwilym's works were edited in 1992 by A. Eleri Davies along with those of Deio ab Ieuan Du
.
Welsh language
Welsh is a member of the Brythonic branch of the Celtic languages spoken natively in Wales, by some along the Welsh border in England, and in Y Wladfa...
poet during the time of the Beirdd yr Uchelwyr, the professional "Poets of the Nobility".
In common with other poets of the era, some of his work consists of praise-poems addressed to his patrons. These included Gruffudd ap Nicholas, an esquire prominent in the administration of South Wales, who was also praised by Lewys Glyn Cothi
Lewys Glyn Cothi
Lewys Glyn Cothi , also known as Llywelyn y Glyn, was a prominent Welsh poet who composed numerous poems in the Welsh language. He is one of the most important representatives of the Beirdd yr Uchelwyr or Cywyddwyr , the itinerant professional poets of the period between the 1284 Statute of...
and Dafydd ap Edmund; Dafydd ap Ieuan ab Owain of Caereinion; and Dafydd Llwyd ap Dafydd ab Einion of Newtown. He also produced some fine elegies, religious verse and love poems: 27 works attributed to him have been preserved in manuscript, though not all are certainly by him.
Despite many of his poems being preserved, almost nothing is known of Gwilym's life. Ieuan Gethin
Ieuan Gethin
Ieuan Gethin ap Ieuan ap Lleision was a Welsh language poet, of Baglan, Glamorgan....
, a contemporary, composed a somewhat sarcastic elegy on Gwilym's father Ieuan, a thatcher who died after falling off a roof.
Gwilym's works were edited in 1992 by A. Eleri Davies along with those of Deio ab Ieuan Du
Deio ab Ieuan Du
Deio ab Ieuan Du was a Welsh language poet from Ceredigion, west Wales.Deio composed eulogies to the nobility of the area, including Gruffydd Fychan, a supporter of Jasper Tudor....
.