Emrys Roberts (poet)

Poet and archdruid
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IntroPoet and archdruid
wasWriter Poet
Work fieldLiterature
Gender
Male
Birth1929
Death30 March 2012 (aged 83 years)
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Biography

Emrys Roberts (1929 – 30 March 2012) was a Welsh language poet and author, who was Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales.
Born in Liverpool, Roberts grew up in Penrhyndeudraeth and studied at the Bangor Normal College before becoming a teacher. He twice won the chair at the National Eisteddfod of Wales, in 1967 and 1971. In 1987 he was made Archdruid and led the Gorsedd of Bards at the National Eisteddfod between 1987 and 1990 under the bardic name Emrys Deudraeth.

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