Dafydd ap Gwilym (c. 1315/1320 – c. 1350/1370) was a mid-14th century Welsh lyric poet whose works usually deal either with nature, with love, or with his own comic misadventures. Yn y drych; llyna un drwg! Walter (Ap Dafydd) WYNTER ca 1150- Married about 1180, Carmarthenshire, Wales, toGwenllian (Verch Gwilym) MATHEW ca 1160- Paternal grand-parents, uncles and aunts Walter de … Dafydd ap Gwilym, poet generally considered one of the greatest figures in Welsh literature. Hij was een meester van de complexe grammatica en van het strikte metrum van zijn tijd. The Mirror by Dafydd ap Gwilym, edited and translated by the Dafydd ap Gwilym project University of Swansea : www.dafyddapgwilym.net. You’ll find more there in Welsh than there are in English. Lake (2007) has provided some useful notes on the text on the Dafydd ap Gwilym website. This banner text can have markup.. web; books; video; audio; software; images; Toggle navigation

i.e., what does it stop the poetic speaker from doing that he would normally do in all the other poems by ap Gwilym? Dafydd's ancestors were prosperous noblemen who … Dafydd oder David ap Gruffydd (* 1235; † 1283) war von 1282 bis 1283 Fürst von Wales. Seinem im Krieg gegen England getöteten Bruder Llywelyn ap Gruffydd nachfolgend, war er der letzte walisische Herrscher auf dem Thron von Wales . "The Seagull" (Welsh: Yr Wylan) is a love poem in 30 lines by the 14th-century Welsh poet Dafydd ap Gwilym, probably written in or around the 1340s. Dafydd ap Gwilym (c. 1315/1320 – c. 1350/1370) was a mid-14th century Welsh lyric poet whose works usually deal either with nature, with love, or with his own comic misadventures. William Gwyn Twr (Winter) Birthdate: 1080: Birthplace: Wales: Death: 1160 (80) Wales Immediate Family: Son of William de Lacy and Gwenllian verch Gwilym Husband of N.N.
and trans. Studies of his country's literature regularly describe him as the greatest Welsh-language poet. Dafydd ap Gwilym was described by his fellow-poet Madog Benfras as Eos Dyfed , “the nightingale of Dyfed”.
Dafydd ap Gwilym (Ceredigion, circa 1315 - 1350) wordt gezien als de belangrijkste Welshe dichter van de middeleeuwen.. Dafydd ap Gwilym was dichter aan het hof van de prinsen van Deuberath.Hij dichtte over liefde en de natuur. "The Seagull" (Welsh: Yr Wylan) is a love poem in 30 lines by the 14th-century Welsh poet Dafydd ap Gwilym, probably written in or around the 1340s. The society is named after the poet Dafydd ap Gwilym, and it was the tradition for every meeting to begin with a reading of his work by the Chaplain, followed by discussion. Dafydd ap Gwilym was the son of Gwilym Gam ap Gwilym ab Einion Fawr o'r Tywyn ap Gwilym ap Gwrwared ap Gwilym ap Gwrwared Gerdd Gymell ap Cuhelyn Fardd.

Quotes []. He introduced into a formalistic poetic tradition an authenticity, freshness, and naturalness hitherto unknown.

until I openly examined. The Society had some formal rituals and prestigious-sounding positions, though they were intended to be ironic. Little is known of his life, except that he was a member of an aristocratic family from South Dafydd is widely seen as the greatest of the Welsh poets, and this is one of his best-known and best-loved works.

Dafydd ap Gwilym is the most important Welsh poet of the fourteenth century.