Haldreyn is the bardic name

Bardic name

A bardic name is a pseudonym, used in Wales, Cornwall and Brittany, by poets and other artists, especially those involved in the eisteddfod movement....

 of William Morris (born 1937). He is a Cornish

Cornish language

Cornish is a Brythonic Celtic language and a recognised minority language of the United Kingdom. Along with Welsh and Breton, it is directly descended from the ancient British language spoken throughout much of Britain before the English language came to dominate...

 poet

Poet

A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...

, linguist, and painter. Haldreyn was an original member of Kesva an Taves Kernewek

Kesva an Taves Kernewek

Kesva an Taves Kernewek is an organisation that promotes the Cornish language. It was founded in 1967 by Gorseth Kernow and the Federation of Old Cornwall Societies. It is represented on the official language body, the Cornish Language Partnership.It currently has 18 members, 13 elected and 5...

 and is a bard

Bard

In medieval Gaelic and British culture a bard was a professional poet, employed by a patron, such as a monarch or nobleman, to commemorate the patron's ancestors and to praise the patron's own activities.Originally a specific class of poet, contrasting with another class known as fili in Ireland...

 of the Gorseth Kernow

Gorseth Kernow

Gorseth Kernow is a non-political Cornish organisation, which exists to maintain the national Celtic spirit of Cornwall in the United Kingdom.-History:...

, appointed in 1966.

Selected bibliography

• Gorseth Byrth Kernow: Bards of the Gorsedd of Cornwall 1928-1967, Penzance, 1967.
• An Lef Kernewek, Redruth, 1965
• An Lef Kernewek, Redruth, 1969

Career

Haldreyn was the editor of Gorsedd Poems in 1983 (Truran). He was the compiler of Cornish Dictionary Supplement Geryow Dyvers in 1995 (Agan Tavas

Agan Tavas

Agan Tavas is a society which exists to promote the Cornish language, and is represented on the Cornish Language Partnership. It was formed in 1987 to promote the use of Cornish as a spoken language. At that time only those observed to be using the language fluently could become members by...

). Examples of his poems are in The Dreamt Sea (Francis Boutle Publishers). An example of his short stories is After the Rain in Scryfa, Vol.9,2007, ed. Simon Parker

Creator of the style of painting called Transformal Art. Also surrealist and landscape painter.