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List of Welsh language poets

Welsh language poetry has, until quite recently, been regulated by specific verse forms, with the encouragement of the eisteddfod movement. The best known Welsh language poets include:

• Dafydd ap Gwilym (about 1320 - about 1370)
• Dilys Cadwaladr
• Grahame Davies
• Menna Elfyn
• Gwerful Mechain
• John Ceiriog Hughes
• Saunders Lewis (1893-1985)
• Alan Llwyd (current)
• Neirin mab Dwyrei (Aneirin)
• T E Nicholas (Niclas Glais)
• Taliesin
• Edward Williams (Iolo Morganwg)
• William Williams Pantycelyn
• 'Hedd Wyn' (1887-1917)

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