Buarth Beirdd - Ymatebion Beirdd Cyfoes i Lawysgrifau Cynharaf yr Iaith Gymraeg

ISBN: 9781906396671 Publication Date: 03 March 2014 Publisher: Cyhoeddiadau Barddas Edited by Eurig Salisbury Format: Paperback, 210x148 mm, 128 pages Language: Welsh An introduction to our early Welsh manuscrips with contributions from sixteen contemporary poets. The Mabinogi, Arthur, Taliesin, Dafydd ap Gwilym ... each and every one of them are well known in Wales and beyond. But when did these names first appear in books, and indeed in which books, and why? The following has been provided by the Publisher: Table of Contents: The Mabinogi, Arthur, Taliesin, Dafydd ap Gwilym … each and every one of them are well known in Wales and beyond. But when did these names first appear in books, and indeed in which books, and why? This striking book provides an excellent introduction to six of Wales' most iconic Welsh manuscripts: The Black Book of Carmarthen, The Book of Aneirin, The Hendregadredd Manuscript, The Book of Taliesin, The White Book of Rhydderch and The Red Book of Hergest. Also included are poems and articles by 16 contemporary poets, inspired by our most valued treasures. Author Biography: Born in Cardiff in 1983 and raised both in the city and in south-west Wales, Eurig taught himself the ancient Welsh poetic art of cynghanedd when he was thirteen. He has won awards in many Eisteddfods (Welsh cultural festivals) from a young age. Eurig was one of five young poets who took part in a successful poetry tour in 2006, Crap ar Farddoni, and in the same year he won the prestigious Chair competition at the National Urdd Eisteddfod in Denbighshire. His first volume of poetry, Llyfr Glas Eurig (‘Eurig’s Blue Book’), was published in 2008, and a book of children’s poetry, Sgrwtsh!, in 2011. Eurig is a research fellow at the University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies at Aberystwyth, where he is currently working on the Guto’r Glyn Project. He is Bardd Plant Cymru (Welsh Children’s Poet Laureate) 2011–13 and Hay Festival International Fellow 2012–13 Further Information: This striking book provides an excellent introduction to six of Wales' most iconic Welsh manuscripts: The Black Book of Carmarthen, The Book of Aneirin, The Hendregadredd Manuscript, The Book of Taliesin, The White Book of Rhydderch and The Red Book of Hergest. Also included are poems and articles by 16 contemporary poets, inspired by our most valued treasures.