Ioan Gwent: Barddoniaeth

A notebook containing poetry by John Watkins (Ioan Gwent, c. 1831-1889/1890), Rhymni, including 'Pryddest ar y gwlith', which won the chair at the Tregaron and Tredegar eisteddfodau in 1876, together with related press cuttings and correspondence, 1858-1859, and biographical notes by Isaac Herriman, June 1944. This volume may have been intended for publication as the second part of John Watkins's Tlysau Awen (Rhymni, 1880).

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Donated by Mr Isaac Herriman, Rhymni, 1941 and 1944, from the estate of Miss Ann John, Rhymni, who died on 16 February 1941.

The story of Ioan Gwent winning his chair at Tregaron was used by J. J. Williams in his short story 'Cadair Tregaron', see Straeon y Gilfach Ddu (Aberystwyth, 1931), pp. 11-20.

Preferred citation: NLW MS 13919B

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