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Dafydd ap Gwilym

Born

Brogynin, Penrhyn-coch, Ceredigion, Wales

Genre

Poetry

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Dafydd ap Gwilym (c.315 - c.1350) was an innovative Medieval poet. He is regarded as one of the leading Welsh poets and amongst the great poets of Europe in the Middle Ages.

His father, Gwilym Gam, and mother, Ardudfyl, were both from noble families. As one of noble birth it seems Dafydd did not belong to the guild of professional poets in medieval Wales, but the poetic tradition had been strong in his family for generations.

It is believed that about one hundred and seventy of his poems have survived, though many others have been attributed to him over the centuries. His main themes were love and nature. The influence of wider European ideas of courtly love, as exemplified in the troubadour poetry of Provençal, is seen as a significant influ ...more

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Average rating: 4.09 · 45 ratings · 4 reviews · 19 distinct works

	Dafydd ap Gwilym: Poems by Dafydd ap Gwilym, Thomas Parry (Editor), Rachel Bromwich (Introduction) 4.07 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1982 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	His Poems by Dafydd ap Gwilym, Gwyn Thomas (Translator) 4.18 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1350 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Selected Poems 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1985	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nine Thorny Thickets: Selected Poems by Dafydd ap Gwilym, Rolfe Humphries (Translator) 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A House Of Leaves: Selected Poems Of Dafydd Ap Gwilym 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1993 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Unless She Beckons: poems by Dafydd ap Gwilym by Dafydd ap Gwilym, Paul Merchant (Translation), Michael Faletra (Translation) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cerddi Dafydd ap Gwilym by Dafydd ap Gwilym, Huw Meirion Edwards (Editor), Dylan Foster Evans (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2010 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Selected poems 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Translations Into English Verse From the Poems of Davyth Ap Gwilym, a Welsh Bard of the Fourteenth Century 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Twenty-five Poems 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars